Soulis Georgiades
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Soulis Georgiades | |
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Σούλης Γεωργιάδης | |
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Born | Athanasios Georgiades 1934 |
Died | 24 January 1997 (aged 62–63) |
Occupation(s) | Producer, director |
Soulis Georgiades (1934–1997) was a Greek film producer and director.
Early life and family
[edit]Georgiades was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1934 to Dimitri and Maria (Domouza) Georgiades. His father was from Rapsani and his mother was from Thessaloniki. As a child, Georgiades was interested in cinema and organised small shows on his own. After finishing his education in Thessaloniki, he attended the Institute for the Study of Cinematography in Paris, where he studied with Costa-Gavras, Dimitri Kollatos, Vassilis Vassilikos, and Dimitris Makris. He finished his coursework in 1956.
Career
[edit]Georgiades worked as a commercial director for a number of advertisements, including for clients Fratelli Fabbri Editori and IMEC. In 1962, he founded the Art Film Production Company in Milan; his later advertisements were produced through here. He was the first to center Milva in an advertisement early in her career. In 1965, Minister George Mpakatselos asked him to move to Athens to help establish Greek public television. The following year, he founded his second company, General Film Production, which closed in 1979. From there, he founded DEK, Ltd., which offered video cassette duplication services. In 1976, he directed a twelve-film documentary series called Our National Heritage (
In 1988, he acquired a hotel and restaurant with the intending to integrate several foreign productions that made use of facilities for audio-visual soundstage.[clarification needed] Throughout his career, he directed and produced tourist films for the company Greeks for Tourism. Georgiades was also a friend and collaborator of Walter Chiari.
He was a member of the Hellenic Union of Directors in 1969 and sat on the prize and admissions committees for the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 1979 and 1980. He sat on the Committee of the Ministry of Hellenic Industry for the development of cinematography in 1980 and 1981. He was also a member of the Greek Association of Audiovisual Producers and remained on its board of directors until 1995.
Personal life
[edit]In addition to films, Georgiades enjoyed cooking and Italian cuisine. In 1957, he met Maria Bianconi, daughter of painter Fulvio Bianconi; the couple were married the following year in Milan and had two sons, Dimitri and Piero. They separated in 1971 and he remarried in 1985. He suffered a stroke in 1989 and had a bypass operation. He died of a heart attack in Athens on 24 January 1997.
Awards and honours
[edit]- 1962: Prix d'honor, Trieste Film Festival
- 1963: First prize, Bordighera Humour Film Festival
- 1964: First prize, Bordighera Humour Film Festival
- 1964: First prize, MIFED
- 1964: First prize, Prime Minister of Italy
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title (English) | Title (Greek) | Director | Producer | Notes | Ref |
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1952 | Life Ended at Eight | Στις οκτώ έσβησε |
X | X | ||
1955 | The Visitor | X | ||||
1962 | The Nightmare | X | X | |||
1967 | Lovers of the Middle Wall | X | X | |||
1970 | The Mutiny of Ten | X | Co-produced with Errikos Andreou | |||
1978 | Intrigue in Delphi | X | X | Co-directed with Sergio Bergonzelli | ||
1979 | The Tunnel Trick | X | Co-directed by Sergio Bergonzelli | |||
1985 | The Murder Wore Tuxedos | O Δολοφόνος φορούσε σμόκιν | X | X | ||
1986 | Strange Meeting | Παράξενη συνάντηση | X | |||
1987 | I Want a Man | ..Άντρα θέλω ... | X | |||
Like This, That and Otherwise | Έτσι, αλλιώς ... |
X | ||||
Reverse Route | Αντίστροφη Πορεία | X | ||||
The Woman of the First Page | X | |||||
1988 | My Servant... and I | X | ||||
The Air Hostess | X | X |
Television
[edit]Year(s) | Title (English) | Title (Greek) | Director | Producer | Notes | Ref |
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1980 | Wooden Swords | X | ||||
1986 | A Star is Born... With Caesarean Delivery | Ένα αστέρι γεννιέται ... |
X | |||
Emigrants' Café | Καφενείο Εμιγκρέκ | X | X | 13 episodes | ||
1987 | The Woman of the First Page | X | ||||
1988 | Mr. Butterfly Goes to Paradise | X | ||||
1988-1989 | Self-Portraits | Αυτοπροσωπογραφίες | X | X | 40 episodes | |
1989 | The Companion and the Cop | X | ||||
1992 | Amazon Files | ΦΑΚΕΛΟΣ |
X | |||
1993 | The Thirteenth Box | X | ||||
1994 | Someone Protect Her | ΚΑΠΟΙΟΣ |
X | |||
1995 | Anyhow | X | ||||
1996 | Come to Psalti | X |
References
[edit]- ADVERTISING 'IN ITALY 1963 - 1964, Publisher's office Modern, Milan 1964
- PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ADVERTISEMENT 'CINE-TELEVISION 1964 - 1965 Publisher's office Modern, Milan 1965
- Rapsani HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMILY GEORGIADES, Georgios A. Georgiades, Thessaloniki 1967
- WHO'S WHO, London, 1968
- ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟΣ
Κ Α Ι ΤΗΛΕΟΡΑΣΗ (cinema and television), Vassilis Georgiadis, Athens 1981 Υ Λ Ι Κ Α Κ Α Ι ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΑΤ Ο Υ Α ’ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟΥ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟΥ (Materials and minutes of the first meeting of the Panhellenic cinema) Αθήνα 1981
External links
[edit]- Obituary from Marieto Enterprise (in Greek; archive)
- Short list of his movies at Carosellomito.com (in Greek; archive)
- Short list of his movies at bfi.org.uk (in English; archive)
- Mention of Georgiades in Billboard (1983) (in English)