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Theodoros AngelopoulosGreek film director, screenwriter and producer
Date of Birth: 27.04.1935
Country:  Greece |
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Biography of Theodoros Angelopoulos
Theodoros Angelopoulos was a Greek film director, screenwriter, and producer. He began his career in the late 1960s, after the notorious political events in Greece known as the Regime of the Colonels.
Early Life and Education
Angelopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1935. He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. After completing his studies, he served in the army and then went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. However, he soon decided to continue his education at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (DHEC).
Career
Upon returning to Greece, Angelopoulos started working as a journalist and film critic. He began directing films in the late 1960s, after the political events in Greece. His first film, a short called "Radio Broadcast" ("Ekpombi"), was released in 1968. In 1970, he directed his first feature film, a crime drama titled "Reconstruction" ("Anaparastasi").
During the 1970s, Angelopoulos gained recognition as a director and screenwriter for a series of films about Greece. These included the historical films "Days of '36" ("Meres tou '36", 1972), "The Travelling Players" ("O thiasos", 1975), and "Hunters" ("Oi kynigoi", 1977). In 1978, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.
Angelopoulos' films have been featured in various film festivals and have received numerous awards. His 1998 drama "Eternity and a Day" ("Mia aioniotita kai mia mera") won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film tells the poignant story of a writer who discovers he is terminally ill and spends his last day with an Albanian boy he encounters.
Some of Angelopoulos' other notable works include the drama "Voyage to Cythera" ("Taxidi sta Kythira", 1984), which explores the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, and the drama "The Suspended Step of the Stork" ("To meteoro vima tou pelargou", 1991), which follows a television reporter who discovers a missing Greek politician in a refugee camp.
Angelopoulos' last film was the 2011 drama "The Dust of Time" ("I skoni tou hronou"). Tragically, his life was cut short on January 24, 2012, during the filming of "The Other Sea" ("To allo thalassi"). He was involved in a motorcycle accident and fell into a concrete well. Despite being rushed to the hospital in critical condition, doctors were unable to save him. Angelopoulos was 76 years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife Phoebe Economopoulou and their three children.
