Director

Dimitris Stavrakas

January 1, 1938 · Athens, Greece

Dimitris Stavrakas was born in Athens in 1938. In 1966 he made his first short film, "The Gas". In 1979 he shot "Betty", which was shown in cinemas together with Federico Fellini's "Orchestra Rehearsal". In 1983 he made his first feature film, "The Misunderstanding", with which he won the State Quality Award. In 1999, with his film, "The Canary Bicycle", he won the 2nd Prize for Best Film and the 1st Prize for Best Actor at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, as well as awards at festivals in Cairo, Isfahan, Iran, Houston, Texas and in Zlin, Czech Republic. In the same year he filmed "The Passage", in Turkey and Bangladesh.

Often works with

Giorgos Kotanidis
2 titles together
Living Dangerously, Misunderstanding
Dimitris Poulikakos
2 titles together
Living Dangerously, Misunderstanding
Alkis Panagiotidis
2 titles together
Living Dangerously, Two Moons in August
Thanos Grammenos
2 titles together
To kanarini podilato, The Crossing

Full filmography · 8

The Crossing
Director and Writer
2006
To kanarini podilato
Director and Writer
2000
Living Dangerously
as reporter #1
1987
Misunderstanding
Director and Writer
1983
Behind the Curtain: Nikos Kourkoulos
Director
1979
Betty
Director
1979
Two Moons in August
cast
1978