Efthimis Filippou (Greek: Ευθύμης Φιλίππου) is an author, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist. His works for the stage have been presented at the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the Greek National Opera, the National Theatre of Greece, Onassis Stegi, and elsewhere in Greece and beyond. His works for the screen have been awarded at such film festivals as Cannes and Venice, and nominated at the Oscars. He regularly collaborates with director Yorgos Lanthimos, with whom he has co-written the screenplays for several acclaimed films, including Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), and Kinds of Kindness (2024).
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 16, 1977 (49)
- Acharnes, Greece
- Writer and actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Efthimis Filippou's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 5 · Wry 2 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 8
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 7
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Efthimis Filippou's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Efthimis Filippou's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
Rosebush Pruning(2026)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Bugonia(2025)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Kinds of Kindness(2024)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Polydroso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Apples(2020)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
A window to the world (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Nimic(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Olla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Favourite(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Pity(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Icebergs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Baton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Suntan(2016)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Chevalier(2015)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Lobster(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
L (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Alps(2011)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Attenberg(2010)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Dogtooth(2009)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles from 2009 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Lobster (2015)
Highest rated
The Lobster (2015)
Most popular right now
Rosebush Pruning (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 major awards from 5 major nominations, 2011–2017.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Cannes award, won
- BAFTA Award, nominated
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
- Venice award, won · Best Screenplay
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Efthimis Filippou's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th7
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 14 titles divides audiences: 9 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 56/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Efthimis Filippou's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Efthimis Filippou work with?
People who share at least 2 of Efthimis Filippou's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yorgos Mavropsaridis shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Yorgos LanthimosShared titles: Kinds of Kindness (2024), Nimic (2019), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Lobster (2015), Alps (2011), Dogtooth (2009)See all 6 shared titles with Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors
- Angeliki PapouliaShared titles: Pity (2018), The Lobster (2015), Alps (2011), Dogtooth (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Angeliki Papoulia
- Makis PapadimitriouShared titles: Pity (2018), Chevalier (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Makis Papadimitriou
- Yannis DrakopoulosShared titles: Pity (2018), Chevalier (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Yannis Drakopoulos
- Colin FarrellShared titles: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Lobster (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Colin Farrell
Cinematographers and editors
- Yorgos MavropsaridisShared titles: Kinds of Kindness (2024), Nimic (2019), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), Chevalier (2015), The Lobster (2015), Alps (2011), Dogtooth (2009)See all 7 shared titles with Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- Thimios BakatakisShared titles: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Lobster (2015), Dogtooth (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Thimios Bakatakis
Producers
- Andrew LoweShared titles: Kinds of Kindness (2024), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Lobster (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Andrew Lowe
- Ed GuineyShared titles: Kinds of Kindness (2024), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Lobster (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Ed Guiney
- Christos V. KonstantakopoulosShared titles: Pity (2018), Chevalier (2015), The Lobster (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
- Athina Rachel TsangariShared titles: Chevalier (2015), Alps (2011), Dogtooth (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Athina Rachel Tsangari
Mixed roles
- Matthew JohnsonShared titles: Chevalier (2015), Alps (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Johnson
