Dinos Katsouridis (1927 - 28 November 2011)
was a
Greek Cypriot
Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνοκύπριοι, Ellinokýprioi, tr, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2011 census, 659,115 r ...
film director, cinematographer and editor. He had worked in a lot of Greek film sometimes as director, sometimes as film editor and sometimes as cinematographer as well as writer. He has won film awards about all the categories of these works
Biography
He was born in
Nicosia
Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...
in 1927. He started to study Law Studies but he forsaked them in order to deal with cinema. He studied film direction in and he debuted in 1951 as assistant director in the film Pikro Psomi.
[ Since 1960, he started to work as film director. His first films as director was the films '' Englima sta Paraskinia'' and '' Eimai Athoos''.] In 1963, he directed two successful comedies with Kostas Hatzichristos
Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos ( el, Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος; 1921 – October 3, 2001) was a Greek actor.
Biography
He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a large family of thirteen members, he was the eleventh chil ...
in Leading role, the films '' Tis Kakomoiras'' and '' O Kyrios Pterarchos''. Since 1970, he directed movies that starred Thanasis Veggos
Thanasis Veggos (alternatively spelt Thanassis and/or Vengos; Greek: Θανάσης Βέγγος; pronounced: ''Thanássis Véngos''; 29 May 19273 May 2011) was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus. He performed in around 130 film ...
. He has won four awards in Thessaloniki Film Festival
The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing on cinema. The Institution organizes the Thessaloniki International Film Festival every November and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival every March, while its ...
in categories Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
Filmography
;As Director
*'' Englima sta Paraskinia'' 1960
*'' Eimai Athoos'' 1960
*'' O Kyrios Pterarchos'' 1963
*'' Tis Kakomoiras'' 1963
*'' Adistaktoi'' 1965
*'' Syntomo dialeimma'' 1966
*'' O Thanasis, i Ioulietta kai ta loukanika'' 1970
*'' Enas Vengos gia oles tis douleies'' 1970
*''What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?
''What did you do in the war, Thanasis?'' ( el, Τι έκανες στον πόλεμο, Θανάση;, translit=Ti ekanes ston polemo, Thanasi?) is a 1971 Greek satirical drama film. It starred Thanasis Veggos as Thanasis, a poor labourer tryin ...
'' 1971
*'' Thanasi, pare t' oplo sou'' 1972
*'' O Thanasis sti hora tis sfaliaras'' 1976
*'' O palavos kosmos tou Thanasi'' 1979
*'' O falakros mathitis'' 1979
*'' Vengos, o trellos kamikazi'' 1980
*'' O Thanasis kai to katarameno fidi'' 1982
*'' Oneiro aristeris nyhtas'' 1987
Awards
References
External links
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1927 births
2011 deaths
Greek film directors
Greek cinematographers
People from Nicosia