Pantelis voulgaris biography
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Pantelis Voulgaris
Greek film director
Pantelis Voulgaris | |
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| Born | (1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 (age 84) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1965–present |
Pantelis Voulgaris (Greek: Παντελής Βούλγαρης; born 23 October 1940) is a Greek film director and screenwriter. His first feature film To proxenio tis Annas in 1972 won the first prize in Thessaloniki International Film Festival. His 1989 film The Striker with Number 9 was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] Two years later, his film Quiet Days in August was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 2005 his film Brides was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]
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He studied film direction in Greece and worked in more than 40 films as an assistant director. In 1965 he made his first short film O kleftis (1965) and in 1967 his second short film, Tzimis o Tigris (1966) won many awards in several festivals. In 1972 he made his feature film debut, Anna's Engagement (1972), which won several wards in the Berlin Film Festival, London Film Festival and more. He spent six months in exile during the Greek junta in 1973. Then he made The Great Love Songs (1973) after Manos Hatzidakis' request about this documentary based on his music work.
In 1977 he directed the controversial political allegory Happy Day (1976). In 1980 he directed Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 (1980), a film based on the life of the Greek politician. In 1985 he directed Stone Years (1985), a strong emotional drama in politically turbulent times based on a true story, which won a best actress award in the Venice Film Festival and was a great commercial success. In 1989 he directed I fanela me to '9' (1988), a film about a soccer player.
In 1992 he directed Quiet Days in August (1991), which won a special mention in the Berlin Film Festival. In 1996 came Akropol (1996) based on the Greek theatre of the 50s and then in 1997 he directed It's a Long Roa
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- 1965 Say publicly Kleftis (short)
1966 Tzimis o River (short)
1969 It's Arrange Just rendering Beginning (short documentary)
1971 O horos ton tragon (short documentary)
1973 O megalos erotikos (documentary)
1974 To proxenio tis Annas
1977 Overjoyed Day
1980 Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
1981 Karalos Koun (documentary)
1985 Petrina hronia
1987 Giannis Ritsos (documentary)
1989 I fanela available to '9'
1990 Eikones gia ton
Pavlo Zanna (short documentary)
1991 Isyhes meres tou Avgoustou
1996 Acropolis
1998 Ola einai dromos
2004 Brides
2009 Psyhi vathia
2013 Mikra Anglia Long Way Thin
(Ola Einai DromosOla einai dromos)
Stone Years
(Petrina Horonia)