Panos Cosmatos

Panos Cosmatos (born 1974) is a Greek-Canadian film director and screenwriter who was born in Italy. He is known for Beyond the Black Rainbow and Mandy.

Life and career 
Cosmatos was born in Italy to Greek filmmaker George P. Cosmatos and Swedish sculptor Birgitta Ljungberg-Cosmatos. The family moved to Victoria, British Columbia, in the early 1980s.

His first break in the film industry was being a second unit video assist operator for his father's film, Tombstone.

He made his first feature film, Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010), by financing it through DVD residuals from Tombstone.

In 2017, Cosmatos directed the action horror film Mandy, which was produced by Legion M. The film starred Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, and began a limited cinematic release and VOD play on September 14, 2018.

Filmography 
 Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
 Mandy (2018)

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Category:Canadian people of Swedish descent
Category:Canadian people of Greek descent
Category:Film directors from British Columbia
Category:1974 births
Category:Living people