Nikos Koundouros

Nikos Koundouros (Greek: Νίκος Κούνδουρος), is a Greek film director, born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete in 1926.

He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and was later exiled because of his political beliefs to the Makronissos island. At the age of 28 he decided to follow a career in cinematography. He started his career as a director of the film Magiki Polis (1954), where he combined his neorealism influences with his own artistic viewpoint. He cast Thanasis Veggos, who he had met at Makronissos, as one of the characters in Magiki Polis.^[1] After the release of his complex and innovative film O Drakos, he found acceptance as a prominent artist in Greece and Europe, and acquired important awards in various international and Greek film festivals. His 1963 film Young Aphrodites won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Filmography

Cinema

• Magiki Polis, English: Enchanted City (1954)
• O Drakos, English: Draco (1956)
• Oi Paranomoi, English: The outlaws (1958)
• To Potami, English: The river (1960)
• Mikres Aphrodites: English: Young Aphrodites, English Title: Young Aphrodites (1963)
• To Prosopo tis Medousas, English: The face of Medusa, English Title: Vortex (1967)
• To tragoudi tis fotias, English: The song of fire (1975)
• 1922 (1978)^[3]
• Bordello, English: Brothel (1984)
• Byron, balanta gia enan daimonismeno, English: Byron, Ballad for a possessed (1992)
• Oi fotografoi, English: The photographers (1998)
• To ploio , English: The Ship (2011)by Showtime Productions ( www.showtimeproductions.gr)

TV documentaries

• Ifigeneia en Tavrois (1991)
• Antigoni (1994)
• Ellinisti Kypros
• Cinemithologia (2010) by Showtime Productions

References

1. ^ Great Greek Actor Thanasis Veggos Passes greekreporter.com, 3 May 2011.
2. ^ "Berlinale 1963: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1963/03_preistr_ger_1963/03_Preistraeger_1963.html. Retrieved 2010-02-14. 
3. ^ Based on the book Number 31328 by Elias Venezis.

External links

• Nikos Koundouros at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Koundouros, Nikos
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Date of birth	1926
Place of birth	Aghios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece.
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