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Nikos Koundouros
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
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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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 |