Yannis Smaragdis

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-04-25 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Gonies, Heraklio, Greece

Yannis Smaragdis

Biography

Iannis Smaragdis was born in Crete in 1946. He studied Film in Greece and France. He made his first appearance in 1972 with the short film Two Three Things..., which received the first prize at the Athens Film Festival, as well as a Special Mention at the Montreal Film Festival. Iannis Smaragdis' career has been full of creativity and counts many successes. His most significant features are Cavafy (1996) and El Greco (2007). They were both very successful and award-winning films that participated in many international festivals, the most significant being the Toronto International Film Festival. On television, he touched the hearts of audienc...

Production

2007

El Greco

as Director

2007

El Greco

as Writer

2012

God Loves Caviar

as Director

2012

1982

What a Mess

as Director

2017

Kazantzakis

as Director

2017

Kazantzakis

as Writer

1996

Cavafy

as Director

1983

1983

1996

Cavafy

as Screenplay

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