Athina Rachel Tsangari

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 coproduction 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 20142015 she was invited to Harvard Universitys 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 postgraduate diplomas an MA in performance studies from New York Universitys 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 Linklaters 1991 film Slacker Since then Tsangari has assumed multiple roles within the film industry