Alekos Sakellarios (; 13 November 1913 in

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– 28 August 1991 in Athens) was a

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writer and a director. He was born in Athens and grew up in Agios Panteleimonas and began to study journalism and acting at a young age. He wrote his first theatrical play in 1935 called ''The King of Halva''. He entered the film industry and had roles in both screenwriting and directing.He married 3 times and had 2 kids He directed mainly with Christos Giannakopoulos and together they wrote and produced an estimated 140 works. The most popular include: ''The Germans Strike Again'', '' Thanassakis o politevomenos'', ''

I theia ap' to Chicago ''The Auntie from Chicago'' ( ''Ê theía apó to Sikágo''; also known as ''Aunt from Chicago'') is a 1957 Greece, Greek theatrical comedy film directed by Alekos Sakellarios and produced by Finos Films. The film made 142,459 tickets. Plot A m ...

'', ''Dikoi mas Anthropoi'', ''

Ena votsalo sti limni ''Ena votsalo sti limni'' () is a 1955 Greek comedy film directed by Alekos Sakellarios and stars Vassilis Logothetidis and Ilya Livykou. Plot A miserly man cheats his wife one night. A series of misunderstandings ensue that will entirely chan ...

'', '' Kalos ilthe to dollario'', '' Ta kitrina gantia'', ''Otan Leipei i Gata'', '' I Soferina'', ''Laterna, Ftocheia kai Filotimo'', '' Alimono stous Neous'' (Woe to the Young) and more. Many of these theatrical plays were transferred to the cinema with notable success. He also wrote the lyrics of many songs (over 2,000). Among them were the successes: ''Garifallo st' Afti'', ''Ypomoni'', ''Asta ta Malakia sou'' (sung by Fotis Polymeris), ''Eho ena Mystiko'' and more. The significant journalist Fredy Germanos called him the "most clever Greek of the 20th century". He died in 1991 and is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens in a family grave.

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