VASILIS GEORGIADIS

Vasilis Georgiadis was born in 1921 and died in 2000. His film studies lasted only one year because that was the life span of the “Academy of Film Studies” managed by Orpheus Karavias. This interval however allowed him to harvest his love for cinema and editing. Even since his early first films Georgiadis’ talent was clearly visible. The two Oscar nominations and the nomination for a Golden Globe were not accidental. Especially for a self taught director who kept his independence from the big studios and the production companies of the times.

One of his biggest complaints is that the Greek Film Center never supported him after the change of regime. Conversely he managed to direct for the Greek television some of its most important series: “Christ Recrucified”, “Pantheoi”, and “Yungermann”. At the 40th Thessalonica Film festival in 1999, he was honored for the totality of his work followed by a very moving ceremony.

VASILIS GEORGIADIS