Costas Ferris
Costas Ferris | |
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Born |
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt | 18 April 1935
Nationality | Greek |
Occupation | Producer, Film director, Television director, Playwright, Screenwriter, Composer, Author, Actor, Journalist |
Years active | 1961-present |
Costas Ferris (Greek: Κώστας Φέρρης; born 18 April 1935) is a Greek film director, writer, actor, and producer. He wrote the lyrics of Aphrodite's Child's album 666. His 1983 film Rembetiko won the Silver Bear at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Memberships and associations
- European Film Academy, Member
- Balkan Film Festival, President of the Jury, 1981
- Alexandria International Film Festival, President of the Jury, 1996
- European Script Fund, Member of the Board, London, 1996-1997
- Greek Directors Society, Member of the Board, (multiple years)
- Greek Playwright Society, Member
- Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique (SACEM)
- Federation of European Film Directors (La Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs de l'Audiovisuel [FERA]), Member, Greece
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | The River | Assistant Director | |
1961 | Ta Matoklada Sou Lampoun | Producer, Director, Editor | (Short film) Your Eyelashes are Sparkling |
1963 | Enas Delicanis | Technical Assistant Director | Crazy Blood |
1964 | Male Hunt | Assistant Director | |
1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Second Assistant Director | |
1965 | Merikes To Protimoun Khaki | Director, Screenwriter | Some Girls Like It In Khaki |
1966 | Devil at My Heels | Assistant Director, Actor | |
1967 | The Day the Fish Came Out | Assistant Director | |
1967 | Tu imagines Robinson | Assistant Director | |
1968 | Kierion | Actor | |
1971 | Le Sang | Sceenwriter | |
1971 | Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad | Second Assistant Director | |
1973 | To mavro fengari | Editor, Cinematographer | (Short film) |
1974 | I Fonissa[2][3] | Director, Screenwriter | The Murderess |
1975 | Promitheas Se Theftero Prosopo[4] | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | Prometheus In the Second Person |
1976 | Opus 18 - Dokimi | Director, Writer | (Short film) |
1978 | Dyo fengaria ton Avgousto | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | Double Moon In August |
1979 | Exoristos Stin Kentriki Leoforo[5][6] | Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Editor, Composer | Exile On Main Avenue |
1981 | Barbecue Them! | Actor | |
1983 | Rembetiko[7] | Producer, Director, Screenwriter | |
1984 | Loaf and Camouflage | Actor | |
1985 | Oi gynaikes sti glastra | Editor | (Short film) |
1987 | Made in Greece | Actor | |
1989 | Oh Babylon[8] | Director, Editor, Screenwriter | |
2000 | Women's Vices | Actor | |
2002 | Ariadni | Actor |
Television documentaries and series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1964 | Bassae | First Assistant Director | |
1973 | Oi emporoi ton ethnon | Director | Lyrics for: "Itane mia fora" |
1973-1974 | The Merchants Of the Nations | Director | |
1975 | Violet City | Director | |
1975-1978 | Backstage | Director | |
1975 | Thessaloniki | Director | |
1976 | In Macedonia | Director | |
1976 | Helen Of The Donkeys | Director | |
1977 | From Improvisation To 3 Minutes | Director | |
1978 | Xenakis Polytopon | Director, Screenwriter | |
1978 | Erotas kai epanastasi | Director | |
1978 | Love and Revolution | Director | |
1979 | Murder In Psychico | Director | |
1979 | Elliniko kai xeno monoprakto | Director | |
1982 | The Zardi Family | Director, Screenwriter | |
1984-1985 | Artistic Cafe | Host | |
1985 | Tsitsanis | Director | |
1985 | Apodrasi | Director | Escape |
1985 | Rembetiko | Director | Mini-series of Feature Film |
1986 | Crucifixion-Resurrection | Director, Screenwriter | |
1990 | Rock Around the Films | Director, Screenwriter | |
1992 | Klak - The Dictionary Of Greek Cinema | Director | |
1992 | Signs Of the Times | Director | |
1994 | Oi dikigoroi tis Athinas | Writer | |
1995 | San paramythi | Director, Writer | |
1995 | The Lawyers Of Athens | Screenwriter | |
1997 | The Kaity Gray Story | Director, Screenwriter | |
2001 | Films and Music | Host, Screenwriter | |
2008 | Oneirou Ellas | Director, Writer | |
2008 | I zoi kai to ergo tou Mimi Plessa | Featured |
Musicology
Year | Title | Artist | Role | Collaboration | Notes |
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1971 | 666 | Aphrodite's Child | Lyrics, Concept | X | |
1973 | Akritas | Akritas | Lyrics, Concept | X | With Stavros Logaridis and Aris Tassoulis |
TBD | Prossechos | Stavros Logaridis | Lyrics | X | |
1982 | The Zardi Family | Stavros Logaridis | Lyrics | X | |
1984 | Rembetiko | Stavros Xarhakos | Lyrics | X | |
1985 | Apodrassi | Thesia Panayiotou | Lyrics | X | |
TBD | Oh Babylon | Thesia Panayiotou | Lyrics | X | |
TBD | Come To Thomas | Thesia Panayiotou | Lyrics | X | |
TBD | Oniric Hellas | Thesia Panayiotou | Lyrics | X | |
TBD | The Rembetiko At Thomas' Den | Thesia Panayiotou | Lyrics | X | |
TBD | Café-Aman (Live) | TBD | Lyrics | X | |
1999 | Rembetiko, The Musical | Thesia Panayiotou | Lyrics | X |
Awards and nominations
Thessaloniki Film Festival
- 1974: Greek Competition Award (Best Director) (The Murderess, Won)
- 1978: Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award (Dyo Fengaria Ton Avgousto, Honorable Mention)
- 1978: Greek Competition Award (Best Film) (Dyo Fengaria Ton Avgousto, Third Place)
- 1983: Greek Competition Award (Best Film) (Rembetiko, Won)
Berlin International Film Festival
Alexandria International Film Festival
- 1984: Grand Prix ((Rembetiko, Won)
Valencia Film Festival
- 1984: Special Jury Award ((Rembetiko, Won)
References
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Overview: I Fonissa". Allmovie. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "I Fonissa (1974)". New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ↑ "Promitheas Se Theftero Prosopo (1975)". New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ↑ "Credits: Exoristos Stin Kentriki Leoforo". Allmovie. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "Exoristos Stin Kentriki Leoforo (1979)". New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ↑ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: Rembetiko". Allmovie. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "Oh Babylon (1989)". New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
External links
Costas Ferris at the Internet Movie Database