Nikos Kavoukidis

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1939-10-07 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Pireaus, Greece

Nikos Kavoukidis

Biography

Among the last great filmmakers, Nikos Kavoukidis, son of the pioneering filmmaker Giorgos Kavoukidis, has today to present a historical course of more than half a century in Greek cinema. He was born in Piraeus and from a very young age he was taught the secrets of the 7th art by his father, who was a loyal friend, partner and supporter of Philopoimenas Finos - since thanks to his own financing Finos Film's first film "Voice of the Heart" was shot . This is how Nikos Kavoukidis has been in and out of Finos Film since he was a small child. At the age of 15, already passionate about the camera, he started working systematically at Finos Film as an assistant cameraman and editor, trained by Finos and Dino Katsouridis. Later Finos, confident of his abilities and talent, sent him to Italy to continue his training in photography. But, as he claims, the great school for him was Finos Film. From 1962 to 1968, Nikos Kavoukidis undertook the editing and later the director of photography in 20 fine films of Finos Film, collaborating with the best directors. From then on, he collaborated with the directors of modern Greek cinema, charting a path that has completely established him. Overall in his career he has worked exceptionally well with the greatest Greek directors, such as: Alekos Sakellarios, Dinos Dimopoulos, Yannis Dalianidis, Nikos Koundouros, Michalis Kakogiannis, Pantelis Voulgaris, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, Dimis Dadiras, Vangelis Serdaris, Christos Siopachas, Nikos Tzimas, George Katakouzis mind , Antonis Kokkinos, Robiros Manthoulis, Tasos Psarras and many others. Alongside his films, from 1957 onwards, he recorded with his lens every political event in Greece, culminating in the events of the Polytechnic, from which he directed the documentary film "Evidence" (1974), which was distinguished in many foreign festival. He has also directed the documentaries "Climbing the Kalavrita" and "Olympia - Land of Gods and Humans". In his journey as a director of photography in film, television and theater he has been awarded ten times, most recently at the Olympia Festival, in which he was the honored person for his overall contribution to cinema, but also for the help he offers to young filmmakers . His wife is the actress Sofia Roubou and their daughter is Maria Kavoukidis, also an actress.

Known For

Camera

2005
Chariton's Choir

as Director of Photography

2004
The Falling Dust

as Director of Photography

1995
ZOI

as Director of Photography

1985
Bordello

as Director of Photography

1984
The Descent of the Nine

as Director of Photography

1980
The Man with the Carnation

as Director of Photography

1978
1922

as Director of Photography

1975
Evidence

as Director of Photography

1975
Songs of fire

as Director of Photography

1972
The Mediterranean In Flames

as Director of Photography

1971
The dance of the goats

as Director of Photography

1969
Robbery in Athens

as Director of Photography

1969
Ce n'est pas que le début

as Director of Photography

1968
The Cannon and the Nightingale

as Director of Photography

1967
Concert for Machine Guns

as Director of Photography

1966
I blame the People

as Director of Photography

1966
Stefania

as Director of Photography

1966
Zero Hour Society

as Director of Photography

1966
My wife went mad

as Director of Photography

1965
The Island of Aphrodite

as Director of Photography

1965
The enemies

as Director of Photography

1964
Miss Manager

as Director of Photography

1964
A Great Love

as Director of Photography

1964
A tough corporal

as Director of Photography

1964
Lola

as Director of Photography

1963
Amok

as Director of Photography

1961
Lost dreams

as Assistant Camera

1960
The yellow gloves

as Assistant Camera

Crew

1998
The Photographers

as Cinematography

1992
Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

as Cinematography

1974
The Colors of Iris

as Cinematography

1972
Anna's Engagement

as Cinematography

1966
Jenny Jenny

as Cinematography

1965
Kiss the Girls

as Cinematography

1965
A Crazy Family

as Cinematography

1964
The Bait

as Cinematography

Director

Editor

1975
Evidence

as Editor

1965
The Thief

as Editor

1963

Producer

2012
Gavdos. Southwards

as Producer

1997
The Bachelor

as Co-Producer

1975
Evidence

as Producer

Writer

1975
Evidence

as Writer

Creator

2008
The Liar Grandpa

as Creator