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Nikos Tsiforos

Nikos Tsiforos

Director · 1909–1970 · Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt [now Alexandria, Egypt]

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Nikos Tsiforos (Greek: Νίκος Τσιφόρος; 27 August 1912 – 6 August 1970) was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1912; two years later, his family was permanently resettled in Athens. From age eleven to his death, Nikos Tsiforos had been writing with gusto. In 1938, he wrote his first play, performed in an outdoors theatre in Freattyda; although his first effort did not quite succeed, young Nikos was not disappointed. He went on to earn a degree in Law, and work, for two years, at the Election Supervision Council. He soon resigned to travel the seas. He continued switching jobs regularly until 1939, all the while writing film scripts as well as doing other types of writing. His first big break came in 1944 when the company of Dimitris Horn and Mairi Aroni staged a play of his at the Akropol theatre. The play was "Η Πινακοθήκη των Ηλιθίων" (The portrait gallery of dolts). In 1948-1949, he scripted and directed his first film Τελευταία αποστολή (Last Mission). He went on to work as a reporter for the Athens press: newspapers (Φιλελεύθερος; Βήμα; Ελεύθερος Κόσμος), and magazines (Τραστ, Ρομάντσο, Ταχυδρόμος, Πάνθεον), all the while writing over 40 theatrical plays and over 80 film scripts. He collaborated extensively with Polyvios Vassiliadis on numerous hit film scripts, earning exceptional renown for their scintillating wit and hilarious humor. His deft use of the Greek contemporary vernacular is considered peerless by several leading literary critics.

Directed 17

1960s

  1. 1961

    Klearhos, Marina and the short one

    Director

  2. 1960

    Three Ladies and me

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Treasure of the Beatitude

    Director

  2. 1958

    The Money

    Director

  3. 1957

    The Skirtchaser

    Director

  4. Three Detectives

    Director

  5. 1956

    Gypsy Blood

    Director

  6. 1955

    Party, Money and Love

    Director

  7. 1954

    Ο άνεμος του μίσους

    Director

  8. The Beauty of Athens

    Director

  9. The Little Mouse

    Director

  10. 1953

    The Father Is Training

    Director

  11. 1952

    The Tower of Knights

    Director

  12. 1951

    My Child Must Live

    Director

  13. 1950

    Come to Uncle

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Last Mission

    Director

  2. 1948

    Fallen Angels

    Director

Wrote 65

2010s

  1. 2017

    The treasure

    Writer

  2. 2015

    Klearchos, Marina and Short

    Author

  3. Οι Γαμπροί της Ευτυχίας

    Author

1980s

  1. 1984

    Παραμύθια πίσω από τα κάγκελα

    Writer

  2. 1980

    Τα παλιόπαιδα τ' ατίθασα

    Author

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Street Smarts

    Novel, Theatre Play

  2. 1972

    Bedlam My Love

    Writer

  3. 1971

    O Katergaris

    Writer

  4. I have you behind me, Satan

    Writer

  5. 1970

    The Incredible

    Theatre Play

1960s

  1. 1969

    Who Thanasis!

    Writer

  2. 1968

    An Italian girl from Kypseli

    Theatre Play

    64

  3. The idiot

    Theatre Play

  4. Doctor Z-Vengos

    Writer

  5. Ο Μαχαραγιάς

    Writer

  6. 1967

    Oh, That Woman of Mine!

    Theatre Play, Writer

  7. Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'

    Writer

  8. Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web

    Writer

  9. Get Up, Dance Sirtaki

    Writer

  10. Anakatosouras

    Theatre Play

  11. 1966

    My wife went mad

    Writer, Theatre Play

  12. The Smart Aleck

    Writer

  13. A Ship Full of Papadopoulos

    Writer

  14. 1965

    A Crazy, Crazy Family

    Writer

  15. A Very Clever Guy

    Writer

  16. Κάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό

    Theatre Play, Screenplay

  17. 1964

    The Hustler

    Writer

  18. Another One for the Million

    Writer

  19. World and Kosmakis

    Theatre Play

  20. If Luck Favors You

    Writer

  21. The 201 Canaries

    Writer

  22. Nightwalks

    Writer

  23. 1963

    One Girl For Two Men

    Writer

  24. Seven Days of Lying

    Writer

  25. Wanted honest

    Writer

  26. That Something... Else!

    Writer

  27. 1962

    Sucker Groom

    Writer

  28. Theodore and the gun

    Screenplay, Writer

    68

  29. The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia

    Writer

  30. The Devil and His Tail

    Writer

  31. 10 Days in Paris

    Theatre Play

  32. The Miss Of The Mister

    Writer

  33. Athens by Night

    Writer

  34. Gold and Tin

    Theatre Play

  35. 1961

    Klearhos, Marina and the short one

    Theatre Play, Writer

  36. Our Good Angel

    Screenplay, Theatre Play

  37. Poor Bums

    Theatre Play

  38. The Clever Bird

    Writer

  39. 1960

    Three Ladies and me

    Writer

  40. The Young Lady's Fool

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Treasure of the Beatitude

    Writer

  2. Jobs with Tassels

    Writer

  3. 1958

    The Cicada and the Ant

    Screenplay

  4. The Money

    Lyricist, Adaptation

  5. 1957

    The Skirtchaser

    Writer

  6. 1956

    Gypsy Blood

    Screenplay

  7. 1955

    Party, Money and Love

    Writer

  8. 1954

    The Beauty of Athens

    Writer

  9. The Little Mouse

    Writer

  10. 1952

    The Tower of Knights

    Writer

  11. 1950

    Come to Uncle

    Writer

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Last Mission

    Novel, Screenplay

  2. 1948

    Fallen Angels

    Writer

  3. One Hundred Thousand Pounds

    Writer

  4. Madame Sousou

    Writer

Acted in 1

1950s

  1. 1956

    Experts on the Football Field

    Movie

Produced 1

1950s

  1. 1954

    The Little Mouse

    Producer