Alexis Damianos (; 1921–2006) was a Greek, film/theatre and

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...

Biography

Damianos was born in

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

on January 21, 1921. He studied at the

National Theatre of Greece The National Theatre of Greece () is based in Athens, Greece. History The first permanent theatre in modern Greece had been the Boukoura Theatre from 1840, but it had difficulty in managing its operation and stood empty for long periods of tim ...

and the philosophy department of the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

. He was the founder of "Experimental Theatre" and "Poreia Theatre", where he directed a lot of plays. Damianos directed three feature films which contributed to the development of Greek cinema and the most famous of them is '' Evdokia'' (1971). He died in Athens on May 4, 2006.

Filmography

* ''Cornerstone'' (Greek: ...μέχρι το πλοίο) (1967) * '' Evdokia'' (Greek: Ευδοκία) (1971) * ''The Charioteer'' (Greek: Ηνίοχος) (1995)

Bibliography

* Vrasidas Karalis, ''A history of greek cinema bibliography'', New York: Continuum, 2012. 121. Print.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Damianos, Alexis 1921 births 2006 deaths Greek film directors Greek theatre directors Film people from Athens