Alexis Kouros (born 1961, in

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) is an

ian- Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director, and producer. His first book, ''Gondwana's Children'', won the Finlandia Junior Award in 1997. His first film was the

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documentary, ''Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle'', the story of

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. He also directed a documentary called '' Without My Daughter'' in response to the 1991 Hollywood movie, '' Not Without My Daughter''. He started his production company Dream Catcher. The company began publishing Finland's first English language monthly called '' SixDegrees'' in 2003. ''Helsinki Times'', a weekly English newspaper, was established by Dream Catcher in April 2007. Kouros went on to become the editor-in-chief for the

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. Kourosh is an Iranian Kurd.

Works

Books

* * ''Harmattan, the Traveler and the Dream Catcher''

Films

*''Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle'', 2000 *''Without my Daughter'', 2003 *''Rubina doesn't live here anymore..'', 2002 *''Chosen'', 2003 *''Rooted'' *''Kokonainen'', 2005

TV series

*''Finnish Cinema'' *''Great Finns: Lönnrot''

References

External links

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Dream CatcherSixDegrees Magazine

Alexis Kouros' BiographyHelsinki Times

Filmography: Alexis Kouros

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