Spiros Stathoulopoulos (; born 1978) is a Greek-Colombian film director best known for the continuously shot thriller ''

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'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2012).

Biography

Spiros Stathoulopoulos was born in Greece and moved to Colombia at the age of 8. Already at school he developed interest to cinema and at the age of 14 won and award for his short meter film ''Dimension''. Stathoulopoulos studied film-making in Colombia, then at the California State University. ''

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Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Retrieved 16 May 2009. in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and won numerous international awards including the FIPRESCI Prize at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. ''

, ''his second film, was nominated for the

Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...

at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. His segment ''Killing Klaus Kinski'' (2016), from the Colombian omnibus film ''Amazonas'', competed in the 2017

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (French: ''Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand'') is an international film festival dedicated to short films held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It is the ...

, as well as other international festivals in 2018 and 2019. His next project (working title ''Godard Knows The Truth'') was pitched at the

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Coproduction Village. His next feature, ''Cavewoman'', was released in 2022. A modern interpretation of

Euripides Euripides () was a Greek tragedy, tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to ...

Electra Electra, also spelt Elektra (; ; ), is one of the most popular Greek mythology, mythological characters in tragedies.Evans (1970), p. 79 She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, ''Electra (Sophocles play), Electra'' by Sophocles and ''Ele ...

, it starred Angeliki Papoulia as a protagonist, a female resistance fighter during the Nazi invasion of Greece. At the 63d

Thessaloniki International Film Festival The Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) is a film festival held every November in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is organized by the Thessaloniki Film Festival under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture. It features internationa ...

it won the JF Costopoulos Foundation Award.

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* 1978 births Living people Greek film directors Colombian people of Greek descent {{Greece-film-director-stub