Stavros Tsiolis

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1937-10-06

Deathday 2019-07-23 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Tripoli, Greece

Also Known As Σταύρος Τσιώλης

Stavros Tsiolis

Biography

Stavros Tsiolis (Tripoli 6 October 1937 - Athens 23 July 2019) was a director and screenwriter of the new Greek cinema. Stavros Tsiolis studied cinema at the L. Stavrakou Television Film School in Athens and from 1958 he worked as an assistant director on 54 films, many of them by Finos Film. His first own film, which was based on his own screenplay, was The Little Fugitive for Finos Film in 1968. In 1970 he had an international success with the film Abuse of Power. He then left cinema for fifteen years and returned in 1985 with films that were particularly successful. His film A So Long Absence won six first prizes at the Thessaloniki festival in 1985, while Invincible Lovers in 1988 was played at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Known For

Director

2018
2004
Here We Are!

as Director

1998
1990
1988
Invincible Lovers

as Director

1986
About Vassilis

as Director

1985
1971
Abuse of authority

as Director

1970
1969
Panic

as Director

1969
Two Feet in One Shoe

as Assistant Director

1968
O mikros drapetis

as Director

1967
The Blue Beads from Greece

as Assistant Director

1966
My wife went mad

as Assistant Director

1965
Teddy Boy My Love

as Assistant Director

1964
The Heirs

as Assistant Director

1963
World Gone Mad

as Assistant Director

Writer

2010
Canteen

as Writer

2004
Here We Are!

as Screenplay

2000
1998
1988
1986
About Vassilis

as Writer

1985
1970
Love forever

as Screenplay

1969
Panic

as Writer

1968
O mikros drapetis

as Screenplay

Producer

1998
1988
Invincible Lovers

as Producer

1986
About Vassilis

as Producer

1985
1974
Kierion

as Assistant Production Coordinator