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Nikos Koundouros

Nikos Koundouros
  • Name: Nikos Koundouros
  • Birthday: 1926-12-15
  • Also known as: Νικος Κουνδουρος,Νίκος Κούνδουρος
  • Place of birth: Athens, Greece
  • Popularity: 1.226
Biography: Nikos Koundouros (Greek: Νίκος Κούνδουρος; 15 December 1926 – 22 February 2017) was a Greek film director. Koundouros was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, in 1926. He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts. During the war he was a member of the left-wing resistance movement EAM-ELAS, and because of this was subsequently exiled to the Makronissos prison 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Affection to the People   as  Self 2013-04-12
Champions: A Comic Tale   as  Self 2011-03-15
Naked Cinema   as  Νίκος Κούνδουρος 2010-04-08
The Snow White Syndrome   as  Big One 2008-11-16
A Man for Εverything   as  Self 2004-12-03