Alexis Damianos ( el, Αλέξης Δαμιανός; 1921–2006) was a Greek, film/theatre and
television director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...
.
Biography
Damianos was born in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
on January 21, 1921. He studied at the
National Theatre of Greece
The National Theatre of Greece () is based in Athens, Greece.
History
The first permanent theatre in modern Greece had been the Boukoura Theatre from 1840, but it had difficulty in managing its operation and stood empty for long periods of t ...
and the philosophy department of the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
.
He was the founder of "Experimental Theatre" and "Poreia Theatre",
where he directed a lot of plays.
Damianos directed three feature films which contributed to the
development of Greek cinema and the most famous of them is ''
Evdokia'' (1971).
He died in Athens on May 4, 2006.
Filmography
* ''Cornerstone'' (Greek: ...μέχρι το πλοίο) (1967)
* ''
Evdokia'' (Greek:
Ευδοκία) (1971)
* ''The Charioteer'' (Greek:
Ηνίοχος) (1995)
Bibliography
* Vrasidas Karalis, ''A history of greek cinema bibliography'', New York: Continuum, 2012. 121. Print.
References
External links
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1921 births
2006 deaths
Greek film directors
Greek theatre directors
Film people from Athens