Yannis Smaragdis

Iannis Smaragdis
Born 1946 (age 69–70)
Crete, Greece
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Years active 1972–present

Iannis Smaragdis (Greek: Γιάννης Σμαραγδής) is a Greek film director.

He was born in Crete in 1946 and studied film in Greece and Paris, France. He appeared in 1972 with his short film Two Three Things... which received the first prize in the Athens Festival as well as a Special Mention in the Montreal Film Festival. Iannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: Poetic Geography (1995) and Cavafy (1997) - a literary form of the script of the film Cavafy. Iannis Smaragdis is an honorary member of the Directors Guild of America.

Films

Two Three Things (1972)

Short film.

Zero Cell (1975)

Feature film.

A Good Night to You, Mr Alexandre (1981)

A tribute to the life and work of Greek author Alexandros Papadiamantis.

Alaloum (1982)

Feature film. Box office record.

Homecoming Song (1983)

Feature film.

Cavafy (1996)

Biopic of Constantine P. Cavafy,[1] called Kavafis in USA and UK - Feature film (90 minutes)

Spyros Louis (2004)

A tribute to the first Greek modern Olympic Winner, Marathon runner Spyros Louis (60 minutes).

El Greco (2007)

Biopic of the artist El Greco.[2] Feature film, international co-production.

God Loves Caviar

Biopic of pirate turned business tycoon Ioannis Varvakis, the feature film is known in Greek as O Theos agapaei to haviari.,[3] international co-production. The Toronto Globe and Mail called it "laughably bad".[4]

Nikos Kazantzakis

Feature film (in development)

Screenwriter

Television

2001: LES ENFANTS GATES - TV series. Eighteen episodes (32' minutes each) for the Greek Television ET1.

1988: HUSH… OUR COUNTRY IS SLEEPING - Television series. Thirteen episodes (45' minutes each). Highly acclaimed, it is considered the best TV series since the beginning of television broadcasting in Greece.

1987: AVE TASO KARATASSO - TV series. Thirteen episodes (45' minutes each).

1985: HADJIMANUEL - TV series. Five episodes (60').

Documentaries

2009: LOOKING FOR IOANNIS VARVAKIS - Documentary about Greek-Russian benefactor Ioannis Varvakis (45' minutes) for Greek National TV.

2004: CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS - a documentary about the Christian Monuments of Greece (50' minutes). For the Greek National TV

1998: "I'VE BROUGHT TO ART." - Forty episodes (5'minutes each) segments of cultural content for the Greek National TV.

1996: TRADITIONAL TANNERIES OF AMFISSA (30')

1990-1993: THUS SPAKE THE CITY - Thirteen film essays (30'). Poets and Cities. For the Greek National TV (POROS-SEFERIS, ANDROS-EMPIRIKOS, ALEXANDRIA-CAVAFY, LESVOS-ELYTIS, HERAKLIO-KAZANTZAKIS, NAFPLIO-KONTOGLOU, DELPHI-SEFERIS, ELEUSIS-ENGONOPOULOS, ATHENS-DIMOULA, PATMOS-PAPADITSAS, SAMOS-RITSOS, MANI-VRETTAKOS, CHIOS/HOMER-MATHAIOS MOUNTES, and more.

1986: SMILING ON THE WAY - Eight documentaries, 30 minutes each. For the Greek National TV (THE BAND CROSSES THE CITY, ACCORDEON IN THE NIGHT, ELVES OF THE CITY, THE LAST ORGAN-GRINDER, THE BEAR WARDEN WITH THE TAMBOURINE, and others.

1984: THE AEGEAN: FROM HOMER TO ELYTIS - A documentary on the space and discourse of Greece.

1981: THE PEOPLE UNDER THE WALLS - For the Greek National TV 1981: CYCLOPS’ CAVE – For the Greek National TV 1980: A WEDDNING AT VELVENDO - For the Greek National TV 1980: BUILDERS AND PELIKANS - For the Greek National TV 1979: CHRISTMAS AT VOIO – For the Greek National TV 1978: VERGINA 1978 AD - For the Greek National TV

Opera

1997: OPERA OF THE SHADOWS - opera, directed by Iannis Smaragdis. Performed at the Athens Opera House.

Awards

Other

Iannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at various film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: «Poetic Geography», 1995 and «CAVAFY», 1997 - a literary form of the script of «Cavafy», the film.

References

  1. ↑ "Cavavy". Variety. April 5, 1997. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Fainaru, Dan (4 December 2007). "El Greco". Screen Daily. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "God Loves Caviar serves up a hero in Greece's hour of need". The Guardian. November 20, 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "TIFF movie review: God Loves Caviar". September 8, 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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