Filopimin Finos ( el, Φιλοποίμην Φίνος; 1908 – January 26, 1977) was a

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film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

of 186 films and the founder of

Finos Film Finos Film (Greek: Φίνος Φιλμ) is a film production company that dominated the Greek film industry from 1943 to 1977. It was founded by Filopimin Finos in 1942 during World War II. It was the biggest film production company in Greece at ...

, whose first film was in 1939. He built the first

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device in Greece, and shot the first

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with stereo sound. Finos died in January 1977 after suffering cancer for seven years and he left no heir.

Selected filmography

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'' (1939)

References

* 1908 births 1977 deaths Deaths from cancer in Greece Greek film producers 20th-century Greek businesspeople People from Phthiotis {{film-producer-stub