[1] Gavras started as an assistant director in Italy and France on commercials, television movies and feature films.
She worked with directors such as Robert Enrico, Claire Devers, Jacques Nolot, Alexandre Jardin, Camille de Casabianca, Roberto Faenza and Michele Soavi.
She also worked with her father Costa-Gavras on his 2002 World War II drama Amen., on which she served as an assistant director.
It was based on a play by Alain Weber mounted at the Bouffes du Nord theater in Paris during the Festival d'Automne.
In 2002, her second documentary film was released theatrically in France: The Pirate, the Wizard, the Thief and the Children.