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- Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Heraklion, Crete (Greece). He studied Law in Athens and in Paris, but soon he studied philosophy and literature. He travelled almost everywhere; he learnt many foreign languages and left his scientific research for Nitsche. At philosophy: "Ascetics" (Salvatores Dei, 1927), script that expresses the writer's belief for metaphysics. At poetry: "The Odyssey" (1938) "Tertsines" and also some poetic works for theatre: "Protomastoras" (=foreman) "Melissa" (=Bee) "Julian" "Prometheus" etc. His novels are: "Alexis Zorbas" (1946) "O Xristos xanastavronetai" (=Christ is recrucified) (1948) "O ftoxoulis tou Theou" (=The God's poor man) (1952-3) "Anafora ston Greco (=Reference to Greco) (1961) He died in 1957.
- Rika Dialyna was born on 8 August 1934 in Iraklio, Crete, Greece. She is an actress, known for O thanatos tou Timotheou Konsta (1987), The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) and Oi tyhodiohtes (1981).
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Iannis Smaragdis was born in Crete in 1946. He studied Film in Greece and France. He made his first appearance in 1972 with the short film Two Three Things..., which received the first prize at the Athens Film Festival, as well as a Special Mention at the Montreal Film Festival. Iannis Smaragdis' career has been full of creativity and counts many successes. His most significant features are Cavafy (1996) and El Greco (2007). They were both very successful and award-winning films that participated in many international festivals, the most significant being the Toronto International Film Festival. On television, he touched the hearts of audiences with his Good night to you, Kyr Alexandre in 1980. In 1988 he directed the 13-episode series Hush... Our Country is Sleeping..., which is considered the best TV series since the beginning of television broadcasting in Greece. Iannis Smaragdis has directed many more TV series, such as Hadjimanuel (1984) and Les Enfants Gates (2001). He has also directed documentaries and essays: Spyros Louis (2004), I've brought to art (1998), Thus spake the city (1990-1993), to name a few. In 2007 he directed Opera of Shadows at the Athens Concert Hall. In 2012, he completed his new film God Loves Caviar, which officially participated at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. It was released in Greek theatres in October 2012 and was a box office hit for three consecutive weeks. Until 31 December 2012 it reached 350.000 admissions. He is currently working on his new project titled Nikos Kazantzakis, a film about the great Greek author and based on the latter's autobiography Report to Greco. On the internet he was also voted the most popular artist for the year 2012. Earlier this year he was appointed by the Istituto di Studi Giuridici Economici e Sociali Internazionali I.S.G.E.S.I. in Rome to the position of Manager of Cinema and Theatre and head of all scientific studies of the same department. He is a member of the Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Committee.- Sapfo Notara was born in 1907 in Iraklio, Crete, Greece. She was an actress, known for Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday (1962), Football Pools and Bouzouki Joints (1968) and Dimitri mou... Dimitri mou (1967). She died on 11 June 1985 in Athens, Greece.
- Kostas Stefanakis was born and raised in the beautiful island of Crete. In the early 70s, he moved to Athens, the capital city of Greece, in order to study acting. Even before his graduation he got the leading role in the movie "I Koukla" which was written and directed by Alexandros Diamantis. This erotic crime film is so obscure that no database or book mentions it. Its own director claims that it was never released properly in the theaters. A few years later Diamantis re-worked the screenplay and shot the movie again under the title A Strange Couple (1976).
Kostas went on with his career working with Chris Liambos and Kostas Gousgounis in highly successful erotic thrillers such as Diestrammenoi apo tin genna tous (1974), Burning Passions (1975) and The Pervert (1975). He also had a small role in the movie _Kolasmeni tou sex, I (1974)_ and since then he preserves a friendly relationship with Anestis Vlahos who was the leading actor in that obscure movie.
Stefanakis is a suitable actor for dynamic roles and his 30 year career as an actor proves that. He has worked with giants of the Greek cinema such as Omiros Efstratiadis, Pavlos Filippou, Pantelis Voulgaris, Vasilis Georgiadis, Nikos Foskolos and Nikos Koundouros. His favorite leading role though, was for the video-movie O skylas (1986) which remains a "trash" classic until today due to the hilarious direction/editing and its low production values.
He also appeared in major TV series such as Tmima ithon (1992) and Tavros me toxoti (1994). Kostas Stefanakis is a low-profile person and very easy to work with. His hobbies are diving, swimming, Japanese wrestling and pottery. - Composer
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Giannis Markopoulos was born on 18 March 1939 in Iraklio, Crete, Greece. He was a composer and director, known for Young Aphrodites (1963), The Fate of the Innocent (1965) and The Brightest Star (1967). He was married to Vassiliki Lavina. He died on 10 June 2023 in Athens, Greece.- Director
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Francis Carabott was born on 13 September 1933 in Iraklio, Crete, Greece. He was a director and writer, known for Anamniseis apo tin Ellada (1964), Gefsi apo erota (1966) and Tesseramisy ekatommyria filoi (I Dania) (1964). He died in 1996 in Athens, Greece.- Music Department
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Manolis Rasoulis was born on 28 September 1945 in Iraklio, Crete, Greece. He is known for My Life in Ruins (2009), Exoristos stin kentriki leoforo (1979) and Bizans Oyunlari: Geym of Bizans (2016). He died on 5 March 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece.