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Pavlou ( gr, Παύλου) is a Greek surname. Notable people with the surname include: *George Pavlou, English film director *Kyriacos Pavlou (born 1986), Cypriot footballer *Stel Pavlou (born 1970), English author *Drew Pavlou, Australian pro-Hong Kong activist {{Paul-surname Greek-language surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pavlou
George Pavlou is a London-based British horror, science fiction and thriller film director. Pavlou directed three feature films of which two were based on material from British horror writer Clive Barker. Career He began his career directing and producing short films for the cinema. His first short ''Bad Company'' (1980), about a dysfunctional Greek family, won the Special Prize for Young Cinema at Tours film festival. His second short film as director, ''The Antagonist'' (1981), was released theatrically through Rank Films as a support film to ''Educating Rita''. The film starred Ed Bishop and Trevor Peacock. He subsequently co produced a third short titled ''Chickens Never Walk backwards'' (1982), released by 20th Century Fox theatrically as a support to ''Conan the Barbarian''. Other feature films as associate producer include ''Nutcracker'' starring Joan Collins and the cinema short '' Expresso Splasho'', directed by Terry Winsor, which supported the highly successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyriacos Pavlou
Kyriakos Pavlou ( gr, Κυριάκος Παύλου; born September 4, 1986) is a Cypriot footballer who plays for P.O. Xylotymbou. He is the brother of singer Maria Kyriakou Club career Pavlou debuted for AEK Larnaca F.C. in 2002. His nickname is ''Koullis''. In 2006, he transferred to the Greek team Panionios F.C. After failing to make the starting line-up in any competitive matches, he returned to Cyprus and AC Omonia. Since then, he has been on loan to other clubs and last played for Ermis Aradippou and Diagoras F.C. in Second Division of Greece. In 2011, he returned to Cyprus to play for APOP Kinyras Peyias FC but the team relegated. On March 23, 2011 he signed a 3-year contract with AEK Larnaca F.C. P.O. Xylotymbou On 18 January 2019 he signed a 6-month contract with P.O. Xylotymbou. International career Pavlou has been capped 9 times with Cyprus national football team without scoring any goal. His first appearance with Cyprus was on 19 May 2008 in a friendly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stel Pavlou
Stelios Grant Pavlou (born 22 November 1970) is a British screenwriter and speculative fiction novelist. He is known for writing the novel '' Decipher'' and the screenplay for the film '' The 51st State''. Personal life Pavlou was born in Kent, England on 22 November 1970 and went to the Chatham Grammar School for Boys. He attended the University of Liverpool in American Studies and received a degree in American Studies, which required that he spend a semester in the United States. Pavlou also served in the Cypriot army for one year. Career After graduating from the University of Liverpool Pavlou applied to approximately 600 media jobs, but with no success. He wrote the script for the film '' The 51st State'' (known as ''Formula 51'' in the US) while he was living in Rochester, Kent and working for a local wine shop. The film was released in 2001 and starred Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle. For the British DVD release Pavlou did the audio commentary and included a featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Pavlou
Drew Pavlou (born 4 June 1999) is an Australian political activist best known for his criticism of the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party. Pavlou is also known for organising protests on-campus in support of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. In May 2020, he was suspended for two years from the University of Queensland (UQ), which alleged 11 instances of misconduct. The action drew national attention in Australia, including from former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. An appeal of his case by the UQ Senate Disciplinary Appeals Committee upheld two of the initial charges and reduced his suspension to one semester. Pavlou returned to UQ in early 2021. In December 2021, Pavlou launched the Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance federal political party. He ran for the Australian Senate in the 2022 Australian federal election, alongside five other candidates, but was unsuccessful. In July 2022, Pavlou was arrested in London for an alleged bomb threat against the Chinese Embassy; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek-language Surnames
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy ( Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
