Nikos Tsiforos
Directing
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
Directing17
movieThree Ladies and me
1960
Director
movieThe Money
1958
Director
movieThe Skirtchaser
1957
Director
movieThree Detectives
1957
Director
movieGypsy Blood
1956
Director
movieParty, Money and Love
1955
Director
movieΟ άνεμος του μίσους
1954
Director
movieThe Beauty of Athens
1954
Director
movieThe Little Mouse
1954
Director
movieThe Father Is Training
1953
Director
movieThe Tower of Knights
1952
Director
movieMy Child Must Live
1951
Director
movieCome to Uncle
1950
Director
movieThe Last Mission
1949
Director
movieFallen Angels
1948
Director
Writing65
movieThe treasure
2017
Writer
movieThe Street Smarts
1979
Novel, Theatre Play
movieBedlam My Love
1972
Writer
movieO Katergaris
1971
Writer
movieThe Incredible
1970
Theatre Play
movieWho Thanasis!
1969
Writer
movieAn Italian girl from Kypseli
1968
Theatre Play
movieThe idiot
1968
Theatre Play
movieDoctor Z-Vengos
1968
Writer
movieΟ Μαχαραγιάς
1968
Writer
movieOh, That Woman of Mine!
1967
Theatre Play, Writer
movieAnakatosouras
1967
Theatre Play
movieMy wife went mad
1966
Writer, Theatre Play
movieThe Smart Aleck
1966
Writer
movieΚάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό
1965
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieThe Hustler
1964
Writer
movieWorld and Kosmakis
1964
Theatre Play
movieNightwalks
1964
Writer
movieWanted honest
1963
Writer
movieSucker Groom
1962
Writer
movieTheodore and the gun
1962
Screenplay, Writer
movie10 Days in Paris
1962
Theatre Play
movieAthens by Night
1962
Writer
movieGold and Tin
1962
Theatre Play
movieKlearhos, Marina and the short one
1961
Theatre Play, Writer
moviePoor Bums
1961
Theatre Play
movieOur Good Angel
1961
Writer
movieThe Clever Bird
1961
Writer
movieThe Cicada and the Ant
1958
Screenplay
movieThe Money
1958
Adaptation, Lyricist
movieThe Skirtchaser
1957
Writer
movieGypsy Blood
1956
Screenplay
movieCome to Uncle
1950
Writer
movieThe Last Mission
1949
Screenplay, Novel
movieFallen Angels
1948
Writer
movieMadame Sousou
1948
Writer
Acting1
Production1
movieThe Little Mouse
1954
Producer