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Constantine Giannaris

1 Jan 1959Born
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Sydney, AustraliaBirthplace

Biography

Konstantinos Giannaris (Sydney, 1959) is a Greek film director.

Born in Sydney. He studied economics, history and philosophy at Keele and Birmingham Universities in Britain. His film career began in England, where he completed short, low-budget independent films. He was involved in the 1982 experimental English documentary The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts in which gay teenagers ask English heterosexuals about their views on homosexuality. His first Greek film, A Place in the Sun in 1995, won the Best Greek Film Award at the Drama Short Film Festival.

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It was followed in the same year by the film Close to Paradise and in 1998 by the film From the Edge of the City, which won the second prize for Best Film of the Ministry of Culture. In 2001 he filmed Dekapentaugustos and in 2004 Homer. His films have been screened at many international film festivals and forums. His first feature film Near Paradise was financed and shot in London. Today he works and lives in Athens. He has openly declared that he is homosexual and an atheist.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2016Spring AwakeningFilm: Director, Writer
  2. 2011Man at SeaFilm: Writer, Director, Screenplay
  3. 2011TravelogueFilm: Director
  4. 2008WithoutFilm: Employer
  5. 2005HostageFilm: Writer, Director
  6. 2004Visions of EuropeFilm: Director, Writer
  7. 2002One Day in AugustFilm: Writer, Director
  8. 1998From the Edge of the CityFilm: Director, Writer
  9. 19953 Steps to HeavenFilm: Writer, Director
  10. 1994A Place in the SunFilm: Director
  11. 1994Constantine Giannaris: The Short FilmsFilm: Director
  12. 1992A Desperate Vitality: The Films by Pier Paolo PasoliniFilm: Director, Writer
  13. 1991North of VortexFilm: Director
  14. 1991Caught LookingFilm: Director
  15. 1991A Matter of Life and DeathFilm: Writer, Director
  16. 1991Greeks (Greek Love and Sapphic Sophistication)Film: Director, Writer
  17. 1990Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)Film: Director
  18. 1990TrojansFilm: Writer, Director
  19. 1989Jean Genet Is DeadFilm: Writer, Director
  20. 1989Disco's RevengeFilm: Writer, Director

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