Soulis Georgiades

Soulis Georgiades
Soulis Georgiades
Σούλης Γεωργιάδης
Born	Athanasios Georgiades; 1934; Thessaloniki, Greece
Died	24 January 1997 (aged 62–63); Athens, Greece
Occupation(s)	Producer, director

Soulis Georgiades (1934–1997) was a Greek film producer and director.

Early life and family

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

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 (Ηいーた εθνική μας κληρονομιά). In the mid-1980s, he acquired the studios of Finos Film, which included two 800 square metres (8,600 sq ft) sound stages.

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

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

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

Film

Year	Title (English)	Title (Greek)	Director	Producer	Notes
1952	Life Ended at Eight	Στις οκτώ έσβησε ηいーた ζωή	X	X
1955	The Visitor	Οおみくろん ΕΠΙΣΚΕΠΤΗΣ	X
1962	The Nightmare	Οおみくろん εφιάλτης	X	X
1967	Lovers of the Middle Wall	Οおみくろんιいおた Εραστές τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん Μεσαίου Τοίχου	X	X
1970	The Mutiny of Ten	Ηいーた ανταρσία τたうωおめがνにゅー δέκα		X	Co-produced with Errikos Andreou
1978	Intrigue in Delphi	Τたうοおみくろん κόλπο τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん τούνελ	X	X	Co-directed with Sergio Bergonzelli
1979	The Tunnel Trick	ΤたうΟおみくろん ΚかっぱΟおみくろんΛらむだΠぱいΟおみくろん ΤたうΟおみくろんΥうぷしろん ΤたうΟおみくろんΥうぷしろんΝにゅーΕいぷしろんΛらむだ	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 ... κかっぱαあるふぁιいおた αλλιώτικα		X
	Reverse Route	Αντίστροφη Πορεία		X
	The Woman of the First Page	Ηいーた ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑ ΤたうΗいーたΣしぐま ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΣΕΛΙΔΑΣ		X
1988	My Servant... and I	Οおみくろん υπηρέτης μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁιいおた εγώ ...		X
1988	The Air Hostess	Ηいーた Αεροσυνοδός	X	X

Television

Year(s)	Title (English)	Title (Greek)	Director	Producer	Notes
1980	Wooden Swords	Τたうαあるふぁ Ξύλινα σπαθιά		X
1986	A Star is Born... With Caesarean Delivery	Ένα αστέρι γεννιέται ... μみゅーεいぷしろん καισαρική		X
1986	Emigrants' Café	Καφενείο Εμιγκρέκ	X	X	13 episodes
1987	The Woman of the First Page	Ηいーた γυναίκα της πρώτης σελίδας		X
1988	Mr. Butterfly Goes to Paradise	Οおみくろん πεταλούδας πάει σしぐまτたうοおみくろんνにゅー παράδεισο		X
1988-1989	Self-Portraits	Αυτοπροσωπογραφίες	X	X	40 episodes
1989	The Companion and the Cop	Οおみくろん σύντροφος κかっぱιいおた 'οおみくろん μπάτσος		X
1992	Amazon Files	ΦΑΚΕΛΟΣ ΑあるふぁΜみゅーΑあるふぁΖぜーたΩおめがΝにゅー		X
1993	The Thirteenth Box	ΤたうΟおみくろん ΔΕΚΑΤΟ ΤたうΡろーΙいおたΤたうΟおみくろん ΚΙΒΩΤΙΟ		X
1994	Someone Protect Her	ΚΑΠΟΙΟΣ ΝにゅーΑあるふぁ ΤたうΗいーたΝにゅー ΦふぁいΥうぷしろんΛらむだΑあるふぁΕいぷしろんΙいおた		X
1995	Anyhow	ΕいぷしろんΤたうΣしぐまΙいおた ΚかっぱΙいおた 'ΑΛΛΙΩΣ		X
1996	Come to Psalti	ΕいぷしろんΛらむだΑあるふぁ ΣしぐまΤたうΟおみくろんΝにゅー ΨぷさいΑあるふぁΛらむだΤたうΗいーた		X

References

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かっぱΑあるふぁΙいおた ΤΗΛΕΟΡΑΣΗ (cinema and television), Vassilis Georgiadis, Athens 1981
ΥうぷしろんΛらむだΙいおたΚかっぱΑあるふぁ ΚかっぱΑあるふぁΙいおた ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΤたうΟおみくろんΥうぷしろん Αあるふぁ’ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟΥ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟΥ (Materials and minutes of the first meeting of the Panhellenic cinema) Αθήνα 1981

External links

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)