Nikos Tsiforos

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1909-08-26

Deathday 1970-08-06 (60 years old)

Place of Birth Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt [now Alexandria, Egypt]

Also Known As Νικος Τσιφορος, Νίκος Τσιφόρος

Nikos Tsiforos

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

1960
1958
The Money

as Director

1957
Three Detectives

as Director

1957
1956
Gypsy Blood

as Director

1955
1954
1954
The Little Mouse

as Director

1953
1952
1951
My Child Must Live

as Director

1950
Come to Uncle

as Director

1949
The Last Mission

as Director

1948
Fallen Angels

as Director

Writer

2017
The treasure

as Writer

1972
Bedlam My Love

as Writer

1971
O Katergaris

as Writer

1970
Ο Απίθανος

as Theatre Play

1969
Who Thanasis!

as Writer

1968
Doctor Z-Vengos

as Writer

1968
1968
O boufos

as Theatre Play

1967
Oh, That Woman of Mine!

as Theatre Play

1967
Anakatosouras

as Theatre Play

1966
1966
My wife went mad

as Theatre Play

1965
1965
A Crazy Family

as Writer

1964
1964
1963
1963
Wanted honest

as Writer

1963
1962
Theodore and the gun

as Screenplay

1962
Athens by Night

as Writer

1962
1962
10 Days in Paris

as Theatre Play

1962
Gold and Tin

as Theatre Play

1961
The Clever Bird

as Writer

1960
1960
1958
The Money

as Lyricist

1958
The Money

as Adaptation

1957
1956
Gypsy Blood

as Screenplay

1955
1954
1954
1952
1950
Come to Uncle

as Writer

1949
The Last Mission

as Screenplay

1949
1948
Fallen Angels

as Writer

Producer

1954
The Little Mouse

as Producer