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Nikos Panayotopoulos

Νίκος Παναγιωτόπουλος
Born 6 Nov 1941 in Mytilene, Lesvos, GreeceDied 12 Jan 2016aged 7448 credits

Nikos Panayotopoulos was born on November 6, 1941, in Mytilene, Greece. He studied film making in Athens and started his career as an assistant director in Greek and foreign productions. In 1960-1973 he lived in Paris where he attended film courses at the filmology institute of Sorbonne. In 1973 he returned to Athens. His first film The Color of Iris (1974) ("The Colours of Iris") was the most unexpected creation of the New Greek Cinema. Since then he lived and worked there, and his beloved wife Marianna Spanoudakis, always by his side, participated faithfully in all of his productions, mainly as a costume designer and also as producer and actress. Since 1974 he wrote and directed films, with a special narrative style in a thematic approach that deals with issues such as erotic delusion and deterioration of human relations. His films have participated in national and international festivals and have received important distinctions and prizes. His death came just a few weeks after the release of his film Rembrandt's Daughter (2015) ("Rembrandt's Daughter").

Ο Νίκος Παναγιωτόπουλος γεννήθηκε στις 6 Νοεμβρίου 1941, στην Μυτιλήνη. Σπούδασε σκηνοθεσία κινηματογράφου στην Αθήνα και ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του ως βοηθός σκηνοθέτη σε ελληνικές αλλά και ξένες παραγωγές. Το 1960-1973 έζησε στο Παρίσι, όπου παρακολούθησε μαθήματα κινηματογράφου στο ινστιτούτο Φιλμολογίας της Σορβόνης. Από το 1974 σκηνοθέτησε, με ξεχωριστό αφηγηματικό στυλ, ταινίες που θεματικά προσεγγίζουν ζητήματα ερωτικής αυταπάτης και φθοράς των ανθρωπίνων σχέσεων. Ταινίες του έχουν συμμετάσχει σε διεθνή φεστιβάλ και έχουν τιμηθεί με σημαντικές διακρίσεις. Πέθανε στις 12 Ιανουαρίου του 2016, σε ηλικία 74 ετών, μετά από καρδιακό επεισόδιο.

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