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Michael Cacoyannis
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor Born: June 11, 1922 in Limassol, Cyprus Biography:Educated in Greece and London, Cyprus-born Michael Caccoyannis launched his professional career as a lawyer. Having had a taste of the arts by producing Greek-language programs for the BBC during the war, Caccoyannis forsook the legal world for the theatre, joining the Old Vic as an actor and director. When he ran into difficulty securing directing jobs in the British film industry, Caccoyannis returned to Greece, where he made his first film, "Windfall in Athens", in 1953. The director was instrumental in the success of Greek superstar Melina Mercouri, guiding her through the multi-award-winning "Stella" (1955). Caccoyannis' first significant international success was Electra (1961), a fluid adaptation of the venerable Euripides play. His biggest hit was "Zorba the Greek" (1964), which fully demonstrated the influence that the Italian neorealist movement had had in the director's work. Unfortunately,... Full Biography
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