GIORGOS JAVELLAS

Giorgos Javellas was born in Athens, in 1916 and died in 1976. Firstly he studied literature but soon cinema caught his attention and became his biggest love. He never went to any film school, but as he always said, he learned about film by watching each film 15 times. He wrote most of the scripts he directed and for the film “Antigoni” the script was based on one of his own translations from Ancient Greek. His first film “The Claps” was filmed during the German Occupation under very difficult conditions and people took notice of his tremendous talent.

During the next 20 years his work accomplished to combine popularity amongst the public with high his quality film aesthetics. Many people believe that his unique cinematographic language influenced all the directors from the 1950’s and 1960’s.

His films were the most popular and bankable movies in the history of Greek cinema, and they also enjoyed very good reviews from the critics. He was also a member of the Choice Committee at the Berlin Film Festival and the first chairman of the Greek Film Center.

GIORGOS JAVELLAS