Stefanos Fotiadis

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-01-01

Deathday 1975-01-01 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]

Also Known As Στέφανος Φωτιάδης, Στεφανος Φωτιαδης

Stefanos Fotiadis

Biography

Stefanos Fotiadis was a Greek actor, screenwriter and playwright. He studied theater at the Sokratis Karatinos Drama School. He began his career as an actor appearing with various troupes such as the National Theater of Vasilis Argyropoulos and post-war with the Hellenic Comedy troupe. From 1950 he turned to his writing activity, wrote many comedies and translated for theatrical plays by Molière and Sacha Guitry. He also adapted his works for the cinema, the first being Greedy for Everything (1952). He wrote 15 plays, many of which were transferred to the big screen, in adaptations by himself or other screenwriters. He was a board member of the Society of Greek Playwrights.

Known For

Director

Actor

1958
An Italian in Greece

as hotel owner

1949
The Red Cliff

as Tonis