Nikos Tsiforos
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Nikos Tsiforos was a Greek screenwriter
and film director
. He wrote 64 films between 1948 and 1970. He also directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961.
, Egypt
in 1912. Two years later, his family was resettled alone in Athens. When he was eleven, Nikos Tsiforos began to educate furiously with writing, he also wrote his first play in 1938 in a summer theatre in Freattyda. His first try successed but Nikos did not disapproved. From there he took the degree at law, worked for the two years at the Election Council and later resigned for boating in ships. He continued to change in 1939, but he continued to write in films in different writings. His first big success was in 1944 by the companies of Dimitris Horn
and Mairi Aroni elevated himself into the Akropol Theatre, his theatrical work I pinakothiki ton ilithion. Four years later, he made a periodical in 1948 and 1949 and did his first film in which renamed with the title Teleftea apostoli, even as a director and a writer.
In his later years, he wrote in different newspapers including Fileleftheros, Vima
and Eleftheros Kosmos
and in periodicals Trust, Romantso, Tahidromos (The Post) and Panthoeon where he wrote over 40 theatrical works and over 80 plays. One of these wrote only by himself and otherwise as he worked mainly with Polyvios Vassiliadis (in which he ran one of the most important twins of theatrical works).
Tsiforos died on August 6, 1970.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He wrote 64 films between 1948 and 1970. He also directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961.
Biography
He was born in AlexandriaAlexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
in 1912. Two years later, his family was resettled alone in Athens. When he was eleven, Nikos Tsiforos began to educate furiously with writing, he also wrote his first play in 1938 in a summer theatre in Freattyda. His first try successed but Nikos did not disapproved. From there he took the degree at law, worked for the two years at the Election Council and later resigned for boating in ships. He continued to change in 1939, but he continued to write in films in different writings. His first big success was in 1944 by the companies of Dimitris Horn
Dimitris Horn
Dimitris Horn was a Greek theatrical and film performer. He is regarded probably as the greatest Greek actor of modern times.-Biography:...
and Mairi Aroni elevated himself into the Akropol Theatre, his theatrical work I pinakothiki ton ilithion. Four years later, he made a periodical in 1948 and 1949 and did his first film in which renamed with the title Teleftea apostoli, even as a director and a writer.
In his later years, he wrote in different newspapers including Fileleftheros, Vima
To Vima
To Vima is a Greek daily newspaper first published in 1922 by Dimitris Lambrakis, the father of Christos Lambrakis. It is owned by Lambrakis Press Group, a group which also publishes the newspaper Ta Nea, amongst others in its fold of publications...
and Eleftheros Kosmos
Eleftheros Kosmos
Eleutheros Kosmos is a Greek weekly nationalist newspaper, owned by Dimitrios Zaphiropoulos, which was founded in 2003 as an "independent national newspaper"...
and in periodicals Trust, Romantso, Tahidromos (The Post) and Panthoeon where he wrote over 40 theatrical works and over 80 plays. One of these wrote only by himself and otherwise as he worked mainly with Polyvios Vassiliadis (in which he ran one of the most important twins of theatrical works).
Tsiforos died on August 6, 1970.
Plays
- Anthropi ke anthropakia (Άνθρωποι και ανθρωπάκια)
- Athens Today, Cruises Inside History (Η Αθήνα σήμερα - Κρουαζιέρες μέσα στην ιστορία (I Athina simera - Krouazieres mesa stin istoria)
- Beautiful ThessalonikiThessalonikiThessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
(Όμορφη Θεσσαλονίκη = Omorfi Thessaloniki) - Children from the Piazza (Τα παιδιά της πιάτσας (Ta pedia tis piatsas)
- Diyimata (Διηγήματα)
- Eortastika (Εορταστικά)
- The First Tsiforos (Ο πρώτος Τσιφόρος = O Protos Tsiforos)
- Milon Firikis (Μίλων Φιρίκης)
- Greek cruises (Ελληνική κρουαζιέρα)
- Greek mythologyGreek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
(Ελληνική μυθολογία) - O GulliverGulliverGulliver can refer to:In fiction:*Lemuel Gulliver, the main character of the story Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift*Gulliver "Gully" Foyle, the lead protagonist in the science fiction novel The Stars My Destination...
stin hora ton Gigandon - O Gulliver stin hora ton nanon (Ο Γκιούλιβερ στη χώρα των Γιγάντων - Ο Γκιούλιβερ στη χώρα των νάνων, first part, Gulliver in the Land of the Giants) - The History of Athens (Η Ιστορία της Αθήνας (I Istoria tis Athinas)
- History of EnglandHistory of EnglandThe history of England concerns the study of the human past in one of Europe's oldest and most influential national territories. What is now England, a country within the United Kingdom, was inhabited by Neanderthals 230,000 years ago. Continuous human habitation dates to around 12,000 years ago,...
(Ιστορία της Αγγλίας (Istoria tis Anglias) - History of FranceHistory of FranceThe history of France goes back to the arrival of the earliest human being in what is now France. Members of the genus Homo entered the area hundreds of thousands years ago, while the first modern Homo sapiens, the Cro-Magnons, arrived around 40,000 years ago...
(Ιστορία της Γαλλίας (Istoria tis Galias) - History of the United StatesHistory of the United StatesThe history of the United States traditionally starts with the Declaration of Independence in the year 1776, although its territory was inhabited by Native Americans since prehistoric times and then by European colonists who followed the voyages of Christopher Columbus starting in 1492. The...
(Ιστορία των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών (Istoria ton Ipomenon Polition)) - Hronografimata (Χρονογραφήματα)
- Jim the Bad Poet (Τζιμ κακής ποιότητος (Jim kakis piotitos)
- I konkistradori (Οι κονκισταδόροι)
- My Lucky Star (Το τυχερό μου αστέρι (To tihero mou asteri)
- Ta paliopeda t atithassa (Τα παλιόπαιδα τ' ατίθασα)
- Ourselves and the Franks (Εμείς και οι Φράγκοι)
- Paramithis pisso apo ta kagela (Παραμύθια πίσω από τα κάγκελα)
- People and People (Ο κόσμος κι ο κοσμάκης (O kosmos ki o kosmakis)
- I pinakothiki ton ilithion (Η πινακοθήκη των ηλιθίων)
- Ta remalia iroes (Τα ρεμάλια ήρωες)
- Steve to haroumeno katharma (Στηβ το χαρούμενο κάθαρμα )
- Secret Companies (Οι μυστικές εταιρίες = I mistikes eteries)
- Vivliki hamoyela (Βιβλικά χαμόγελα)
- I yineka koursaros (Η γυναίκα κουρσάρος)
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Transliteraion and translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | The Last Mission The Last Mission The Last Mission is a 1950 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Tsiforos. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Smaroula Giouli - Maria Mareli* Miranda Myrat - Anna Mareli* Vasilis Diamantopoulos - Miltiadis Marelis... |
Τελευταία αποστολή Teleftaia apostoloi |
| 1951 | To paidi mou prepei na zisei | Το παιδί μου πρέπει να ζήσει |
| 1953 | The Tower of Knights | Ο πύργος των ιπποτών O pirgos ton ipoton |
| 1954 | The Little Mouse | Το ποντικάκι To pondikaki |
| 1954 | O anemos tou missous | Ο άνεμος του μίσους |
| 1954 | I oraia ton Athinon | Η ωραία των Αθηνών |
| 1955 | Γλέντι, λεφτά και αγάπη | Glendi, lefta ke agapi |
| 1956 | Gypsy Blood | Τσιγγάνικο αίμα Tsiganiko ema |
| 1957 | The Three Detectives | Τρεις ντεντέκτιβς Tris detectives |
| 1957 | The Lady | Ο γυναικάς O yinekas |
| 1958 | The Money | Ο λεφτάς O leftas |
| 1959 | O thisavros tou makariti | Ο θησαυρός του μακαρίτη |
| 1960 | Treis koukles ki ego | Τρεις κούκλες κι εγώ |
| 1960 | O Klearchos i Marina kai o kontos | Ο Κλέαρχος η Μαρίνα και ο κοντός |
| 1967 | Oh! That Wife of Mine Oh! That Wife of Mine Oh! That Wife of Mine is a 1967 Greek film based on a theatrical work and was directed by Nikos Tsiforos and Polyvios Vassiliadis.-Plot:A good employee has dinner with his supervisor , hoping for a fast promotion... |
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