Yannis Economides

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-01-01 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Limassol, Cyprus

Yannis Economides

Biography

Yannis Economides was born in 1967 in Limassol, Cyprus. In 1987 he moved to Athens to study filmmaking. After several short films and documentaries, in 2003 he wrote and directed his first feature film, MATCHBOX. His second feature SOUL KICKING premiered in The International Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival in 2006 and his third, KNIFER (2010) won seven awards from the Greek Film Academy, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. His fourth feature, STRATOS, premiered in the Competition Programme of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014. For each one of his four feature films, Economides has been honored with ...

Acting

2022

2008

Boobheads

as Prison Warden

2021

Amercement

as Supervisor at Vangelis' Building

2016

Suntan

as Johnny

Production

2003

Matchbox

as Director

2003

Matchbox

as Writer

2006

Soul Kicking

as Director

2006

Soul Kicking

as Writer

2010

Knifer

as Director

2010

Knifer

as Writer

2014

Stratos

as Writer

2014

Stratos

as Director

1990

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Broken Vein

as Writer

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Broken Vein

as Director

-

Broken Vein

as Producer

2003

Matchbox

as Producer

2023

Detached House

as Producer

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