Vasilis Georgiadis ( el, Βασίλης Γεωργιάδης; 12 August 1921 – 30 April 2000) was a Greek

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. His films ''

The Red Lanterns ''The Red Lanterns'' ( el, Τα κόκκινα φανάρια, translit. Ta Kokkina fanaria) is a 1963 Greek drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis and based on a play by Alekos Galanos. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Fo ...

'' (1963) and ''

Blood on the Land ''Blood on the Land'' ( el, Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο, To homa vaftike kokkino, The earth was painted red) is a 1966 Greek western drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis. Its subject is conflict between landowners and agricul ...

'' (1966) were nominated for the

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Selected filmography

* '' Aces of the Stadiums'' (1956) * '' Diakopes stin Kolopetinitsa'' (1959) * '' Periplanomenos Ioudaios'' (1959) * '' Krystallo'' (1959) * '' Flogera kai Aima'' (1961) * '' Min Erotevesai to Savvato'' (1962) * '' Orgi'' (1962) * '' I Katara tis Manas'' (1962) * ''

'' (1963) * ''

Gamos Ala Ellinika Gamos (1867–1893) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1870 Epsom Oaks. Sold to William Graham as a yearling, Gamos won six out of eight starts as a two-year-old in 1869, but failed to improve her racing form after the 1870 ...

'' (1964) * ''

'' (1966) * '' I Evdomi Mera tis Dimiourgias'' (1966) * ''

Girls in the Sun ''Girls in the Sun'' ( el, Κορίτσια στον Ήλιο, translit. ''Koritsia ston Ilio'') is a 1968 Greek drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis. The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the ...

'' (1968) * ''

One Night for Love One Night for Love or Appointment With an Unknown Woman ( el, Rantevou me mia agnosti, script=Latn) is a 1968 Greek black and white drama film directed and written by Vasilis Georgiadis and starring Elena Nathanail, Giannis Voglis and Dimitris ...

'' (1968) * ''

Agapi gia Panta ''10 H.M.'' (Short for ''10 Hronia Mazi'', Greek: ''10 Χρόνια Μαζί''; English: ''10 Years Together'') is an album released by Greek singer Despina Vandi starting on December 6, 2007. It is her 12th album from the beginning of her career, ...

'' (1969) * ''

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'' (1969) * '' The Battle of Crete'' (1970) * ''

Ekeino to kalokairi ''Ekeino to kalokairi'' ( el, Εκείνο το καλοκαίρι (''That Summer'')) is a 1971 Greek film starring Elena Nathanael and Lakis Komninos. It won the photography and music prizes at the 1971 Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema. It w ...

'' (1971) * '' Synomosia sti Mesogeio'' (1975)

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* 1921 births 2000 deaths Greek film directors Greek male film actors People from Gelibolu 20th-century Greek male actors Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece {{Greece-film-director-stub