Dimitris Stavrakas

Dimitris Stavrakas

Known for

Directing

Born

January 1, 1938 (age 88)

Birthplace

Athens, Greece

Biography

Dimitris Stavrakas was born in Athens in 1938. In 1966 he made his first short film, "The Gas". In 1979 he shot "Betty", which was shown in cinemas together with Federico Fellini's "Orchestra Rehearsal". In 1983 he made his first feature film, "The Misunderstanding", with which he won the State Quality Award. In 1999, with his film, "The Canary Bicycle", he won the 2nd Prize for Best Film and the 1st Prize for Best Actor at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, as well as awards at festivals in Cairo, Isfahan, Iran, Houston, Texas and in Zlin, Czech Republic. In the same year he filmed "The Passage", in Turkey and Bangladesh.

Best known work

Living Dangerously
Living Dangerously
1987
Exotic Vitamins
Exotic Vitamins
1964
To kanarini podilato
To kanarini podilato
2000
Betty
Betty
1979
Two Moons in August
Two Moons in August
1978
Misunderstanding
Misunderstanding
1983
The Crossing
The Crossing
2006
Behind the Curtain: Nikos Kourkoulos
Behind the Curtain: Nikos Kourkoulos
1979
Paraskinio
Paraskinio
1976

Filmography

  1. 2006

    The Crossing

    Director, Writer

  2. 2000

    To kanarini podilato

    Director, Writer

  3. 1987

    Living Dangerously

    as reporter #1

  4. 1983

    Misunderstanding

    Director, Writer, Producer

  5. 1979

  6. 1979

    Betty

    Director

  7. 1978

  8. 1976

    ParaskinioTV

    Director

  9. 1964

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