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Iannis Smaragdis
Yannis Smaragdis ( el, Γιάννης Σμαραγδής) is a Greece, Greek film director. Biography He was born in Crete in 1946 and studied film in Greece and Paris, France. He appeared in 1972 with his short film ''Two Three Things...'' which received the first prize in the Athens Festival. Yannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: ''Poetic Geography'' (1995) and ''Cavafy'' (1997) - a literary form of the script of the film ''Cavafy''. Yannis Smaragdis is an honorary member of the Directors Guild of America. Films ''Two Three Things'' (1972) Short film. *First prize at the Athens Film Festival ''Zero Cell'' (1975) Feature film. *Honorable Mention at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. *Nominated for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. ''A Good Night to You, Mr Alexandre'' (1981) A tribute to the life and wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete rests about south of the Greek mainland, and about southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete (or North Cretan Sea) to the north and the Libyan Sea (or South Cretan Sea) to the south. Crete and a number of islands and islets that surround it constitute the Region of Crete ( el, Περιφέρεια Κρήτης, links=no), which is the southernmost of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece, and the fifth most populous of Greece's regions. Its capital and largest city is Heraklion, on the north shore of the island. , the region had a population of 636,504. The Dodecanese are located to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
