Nikos Tsiforos
Directing
Born 1909-08-26
Died 1970-08-06
Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt [now Alexandria, Egypt]
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Nikos Tsiforos (Greek: Νίκος Τσιφόρος; 27 August 1912 – 6 August 1970) was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961.
He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1912; two years later, his family was permanently resettled in Athens. From age eleven to his death, Nikos Tsiforos had been writing with gusto. In 1938, he wrote his first play, performed in an outdoors theatre in Freattyda; although his first effort did not quite succeed, young Nikos was not disappointed. He went on to earn a degree in Law, and work, for two years, at the Election Supervision Council. He soon resigned to travel the seas.
He continued switching jobs regularly until 1939, all the while writing film scripts as well as doing other types of writing. His first big break came in 1944 when the company of Dimitris Horn and Mairi Aroni staged a play of his at the Akropol theatre. The play was "Η Πινακοθήκη των Ηλιθίων" (The portrait gallery of dolts). In 1948-1949, he scripted and directed his first film Τελευταία αποστολή (Last Mission).
He went on to work as a reporter for the Athens press: newspapers (Φιλελεύθερος; Βήμα; Ελεύθερος Κόσμος), and magazines (Τραστ, Ρομάντσο, Ταχυδρόμος, Πάνθεον), all the while writing over 40 theatrical plays and over 80 film scripts.
He collaborated extensively with Polyvios Vassiliadis on numerous hit film scripts, earning exceptional renown for their scintillating wit and hilarious humor.
His deft use of the Greek contemporary vernacular is considered peerless by several leading literary critics.
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Filmography
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Directing
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The Money
Three Ladies and me
The Skirtchaser
The Treasure of the Beatitude
Party, Money and Love
Klearhos, Marina and the short one
The Last Mission
My Child Must Live
The Beauty of Athens
Ο άνεμος του μίσους
Come to Uncle
The Little Mouse
The Father Is Training
Writing
47 credits
Bedlam My Love
Seven Days of Lying
Three Ladies and me
If Luck Favors You
Oh, That Woman of Mine!
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Who Thanasis!
Klearchos, Marina and Short
The Smart Aleck
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
Theodore and the gun
Another One for the Million
The Skirtchaser
The Devil and His Tail
Our Good Angel
The Hustler
The 201 Canaries
Get Up, Dance Sirtaki
The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia
My wife went mad
The Treasure of the Beatitude
Τα παλιόπαιδα τ' ατίθασα
The Clever Bird
Party, Money and Love
That Something... Else!
Klearhos, Marina and the short one
Nightwalks
The Last Mission
Sucker Groom
Doctor Z-Vengos
The Beauty of Athens
The Young Lady's Fool
A Crazy, Crazy Family
The Cicada and the Ant
A Very Clever Guy
Come to Uncle
The Street Smarts
Wanted honest
Οι Γαμπροί της Ευτυχίας
The treasure
The Little Mouse
O Katergaris
One Hundred Thousand Pounds
Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web
The Miss Of The Mister
Jobs with Tassels
Ο Μαχαραγιάς
Acting
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The Money
Oh, That Woman of Mine!
Gold and Tin
10 Days in Paris
The Incredible
Poor Bums
Our Good Angel
My wife went mad
An Italian girl from Kypseli
Klearhos, Marina and the short one
The idiot
The Street Smarts
World and Kosmakis
Anakatosouras
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