Angelopoulos trained as a lawyer before attending IDHEC and began his film career as a critic. His early work as a director was largely historically based and includes a trilogy ("Days of '36" 1972, "Voyage of the Comedians" 1975, "The Hunters" 1977) which chronicles the history of Greece from the mid-1930s onward. His later work, better known internationally, draws more on ancient history and myth but retains a key political dimension."Voyage to Cythera" (1984) is a poignant, exquisitely composed drama about an aging exile who returns to Greece--it earned a best original screenplay award at
Until 1960 worked as lawyer while also writing published verse, short stories and essays with a distinctive abstract modernist sensibility
1962
Moved to Paris, briefly attended Sorbonne, then IDHEC, and after expulsion worked at Musee de l'Homme under tutelage of ethnographer/filmmaker Jean Rouch; completed 16mm student film, a thriller, begun at IDHEC
1963
Returned to Greece; worked as film critic for leftist Athens daily "Dimokratiki Allaghi" (1964-67) until paper shut down after Colonels' coup
1965
Began semi-documentary about a pop group, "Forminx Story"; project abandoned after dispute with producer
