Dinos Dimopoulos

Dinos Dimopoulos (Greek: Ντίνος Δημόπουλος; 22 August 1921 – 28 February 2003) was a Greek actor, film director, screenwriter and theatre director. He directed more than 40 films between 1953 and 1993.^[1]

Dinos Dimopoulos
Born	(1921-08-22)22 August 1921 Palairos, Greece
Died	28 February 2003(2003-02-28) (aged 81) Athens, Greece
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, actor, theatre director
Years active	1940–1971

His 1959 film Astero was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1960 film Madalena was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] He wrote also some theatrical plays. He has won the best director award in Thessaloniki Film Festival for the film The Asphalt Fever.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Heaven Is Ours (1953)
• The Big Streets (1953)
• Happy Beginning (1954)
• Joe the Terrible (Τζο ο τρομερός) (1955)
• Astero (1959)
• Stournara 288 (1959)
• Madalena (1960)
• Oi kyries tis avlis (1966)
• The Asphalt Fever (1967)
• A Teacher with Blonde Hair (1969)
• Agapisa mia polythrona (1971)

References

1. Λεξικό νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας: Πρόσωπα, έργα, ρεύματα, όροι (in Greek). Εκδοσεις Πατακη. 2007. p. 494. ISBN 978-960-16-2237-8.
2. "Festival de Cannes: Madalena". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
3. "awards 1967". Thessaloniki Film Festival. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

External links

• Dinos Dimopoulos at IMDb