Dinos Katsouridis (1927 - 28 November 2011)[1] was a Greek Cypriot film director, cinematographer and editor. He had worked in a lot of Greek film sometimes as director, sometimes as film editor and sometimes as cinematographer as well as writer.[2] He has won film awards about all the categories of these works
Dinos Katsouridis | |
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Born | 1927 Nicosia, Cyprus |
Died | 28 November 2011 Athens, Greece |
Occupation | Director, Cinemathographer, Editor |
He was born in Nicosia in 1927. He started to study Law Studies but he forsaked them in order to deal with cinema. He studied film direction in Stavrakos School [el] and he debuted in 1951 as assistant director in the film Pikro Psomi.[1] Since 1960, he started to work as film director. His first films as director was the films Englima sta Paraskinia and Eimai Athoos.[1][3] In 1963, he directed two successful comedies with Kostas Hatzichristos in Leading role, the films Tis Kakomoiras and O Kyrios Pterarchos. Since 1970, he directed movies that starred Thanasis Veggos. He has won four awards in Thessaloniki Film Festival in categories Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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1965 | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Cinematography | Oi Adistaktoi | Won |
1971 | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Film | What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi? | Won |
1971 | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Screenplay | What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi? | Won |
1984 | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Cinematography | O Erotas tou Odyssea | Won |
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