Nikos Foskolos
Writing
Born 1927-11-26
Died 2013-10-30
Athens, Greece
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Nikos Foskolos (Greek: Νίκος Φώσκολος; 26 November 1927 – 30 October 2013) was a Greek screenwriter and director. He is one of the most commercially successful screenwriters of Greek cinema. He has been called the "Goldfinger of commercial shows". He has been described as "the maître of exaggeration" and "the king of TV shows". His film Ipolochagos Natassa kept the most commercially successful film record for almost three decades from 1970 to 1999.
Foskolos was born in Athens on 26 November 1927. He studied Political Science at the University of Athens but did not graduate. From the age of 17, he started writing successful radio plays with both a historical and modern background. His radio series Police Stories were the most popular radio series for three years. In the 1960s, he worked as a theatre critic and also wrote plays for the theatre and radio. He wrote screenplays for over 70 Greek films, mostly working for Finos Film. He introduced Spaghetti Westerns to Greek cinema.
His TV daily serial Lampsi was a huge success and ran for 14 seasons getting into the Guinness World Records in 1995. He gained another entry into the Guinness World Records for writing two daily TV series, Lampsi and Kalimera Zoi, for ten years. Lampsi was shown for 13 years from 1991 to 2005 with a total of 3457 episodes produced.
In the 1970s, his TV serial Agnostos Polemos (Unknown War) broke the record of TV ratings with 92% of Greek households tuning in to the show. Foskolos has been described as an "important screenwriter", a "talented director", a "wonderful human being" and "the father of TV-serials and films". Ta Nea refers to him as "hyperproductive". The same paper also calls him polygrafotatos translating as "a prolific writer".
Foskolos has received awards for The Asphalt Fever (Πυρετός στην άσφαλτο), and The Ruthless (Οι αδίστακτοι). His film Blood on the Land (Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο) was an Academy Awards Best Foreign Film nominee in 1965. He also received three awards and a state award for Concert for Machine Guns (Κοντσέρτο για πολυβόλα).
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Filmography
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Writing
56 credits
The Shine
Good morning Life
Ο μεγάλος ένοχος
Frenzy
Dangerous Exits
Tears for Electra
Death Will Return
Ο δρόμος των ηρώων
Love and Blood
Ο Γεροδήμος
The barker
Bullets Don't Come Back
Εις θάνατον
The man who returned from pain
Markisia tou limaniou
Deadly dilemma
The years of rage
Betrayed
Lieutenant Natassa
Zero Hour Society
Nelly, the Spy
Unknown War 2: The Man with Two Faces
Blood on the Land
Εκείνη η Γυναίκα...
Love and storm
Emergency exit
The Scum
The Enemies
The Drunk of the Harbor
It is a great pity
Captives of Hate
With Fear and Passion
The Asphalt Fever
When the City Dies
A Woman's Past
Wild Youth
The Jungle of Cities
Abuse of authority
Jeep, Pavilion and Love
The Devastated
Φλογέρα και Αίμα
I blame the People
Without parents and siblings
The mother's curse
The Golden Eagles
Love and Betrayal
Tsakitzis: The Patron Saint of the Poor
In the name of the law
Krystallo
The Avenue of Hate
Scream
The Brave Die Twice
The Refugee
Dirty city
What the Night Hides
Front Page Woman
Directing
20 credits
The Shine
Good morning Life
17 Bullets for an Angel
Love and Blood
Bullets Don't Come Back
Markisia tou limaniou
Deadly dilemma
Lieutenant Natassa
Visibility Zero
Unknown War 2: The Man with Two Faces
Εκείνη η Γυναίκα...
Gate 7: The Big Moment
Emergency exit
Captives of Hate
With Fear and Passion
Wild Youth
I Die Every Dawn
In the name of the law
The Avenue of Hate
Front Page Woman
Acting
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