
Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 2, 1966
- Birthplace
- Athens, Kingdom of Greece [now Greece]
Athina Rachel Tsangari is a Greek filmmaker. Some of her most notable works include her feature films, The Slow Business of Going (2000), Attenberg (2010) and Chevalier (2015) as well as the co-production of Yorgos Lanthimos films Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), and Alps (2011). In her versatile work for cinema, she has also founded and been director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. In 2014-2015, she was invited to Harvard University’s Visual and Environmental Studies department as a Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies. Tsangari was born in Athens, Greece. She holds a university degree from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and two post-graduate diplomas: an MA in performance studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and an MFA in Film Directing from the University of Texas at Austin. Her first experience working in film was with a small role in Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker. Since then, Tsangari has assumed multiple roles within the film industry.
Filmography

The First Image 2025
Producer

Harvest 2025
Director, Producer, Screenplay

September Says 2025
Thanks

Ladies in Waiting 2023
Producer

Digger 2021
Producer

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing 2019
Director

Olla 2019
Thanks

Fireflies 2018
Co-Producer

Reneepoptosis 2018
Thanks

Preparation 2017
Producer

After Before 2017
as Self, Producer, Cinematography, Sound, Director

The Invisible Hands 2017
Executive Producer
- Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges
Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges 2016
Actor

Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw) 2016
Thanks

Chevalier 2015
Director, Screenplay

24 Frames per Century 2013
Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Director, Writer, Producer

Before Midnight 2013
as Ariadni, Co-Producer

Pearblossom Hwy 2012
Producer

The Capsule 2012
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Art Direction, Costume Design

Alps 2011
Producer

Attenberg 2010
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Lovers of Hate 2010
Executive Producer

Dogtooth 2009
Associate Producer

Dimitris Papaioannou 2 2007
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Palestine Blues 2006
Producer, Editor

Kinetta 2005
Producer

The Slow Business of Going 2000
Director

University, Inc. 1999
as Self

Fit 1994
Director

Slacker 1990
as Cousin from Greece
Credits from TMDB.