Yannis Smaragdis

Iannis Smaragdis
Born	1946 (age 70–71) Crete, Greece
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1972–present

Iannis Smaragdis (Greek: Γιάννης Σμαραγδής) is a Greek film director.

He was born in Crete in 1946 and studied film in Greece and Paris, France. He appeared in 1972 with his short film Two Three Things... which received the first prize in the Athens Festival as well as a Special Mention in the Montreal Film Festival. Iannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: Poetic Geography (1995) and Cavafy (1997) - a literary form of the script of the film Cavafy. Iannis Smaragdis is an honorary member of the Directors Guild of America.

Short film.

Feature film.

A tribute to the life and work of Greek author Alexandros Papadiamantis.

Feature film. Box office record.

Feature film.

Biopic of Constantine P. Cavafy, called Kavafis in USA and UK - Feature film (90 minutes)

A tribute to the first Greek modern Olympic Winner, Marathon runner Spyros Louis (60 minutes).

Biopic of the artist El Greco. Feature film based on a fictional story, international co-production.

Biopic of pirate turned business tycoon Ioannis Varvakis, the feature film is known in Greek as O Theos agapaei to haviari., international co-production. The Toronto Globe and Mail called it "laughably bad".

Feature film (in development)

2001: LES ENFANTS GATES - TV series. Eighteen episodes (32' minutes each) for the Greek Television ET1.

1988: HUSH… OUR COUNTRY IS SLEEPING - Television series. Thirteen episodes (45' minutes each). Highly acclaimed, it is considered the best TV series since the beginning of television broadcasting in Greece.

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