Nikos Tsiforos
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.
Fotos
Filmes (68)
The treasure
2017 · Writer
Klearchos, Marina and Short
2015 · Author
Οι Γαμπροί της Ευτυχίας
2015 · Author
The Street Smarts
1979 · Novel, Theatre Play
Bedlam My Love
1972 · Writer
O Katergaris
1971 · Writer
I have you behind me, Satan
1971 · Writer
The Incredible
1970 · Theatre Play
Who Thanasis!
1969 · Writer
An Italian girl from Kypseli
1968 · Theatre Play
The idiot
1968 · Theatre Play
Doctor Z-Vengos
1968 · Writer
Ο Μαχαραγιάς
1968 · Writer
Oh, That Woman of Mine!
1967 · Theatre Play, Writer
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
1967 · Writer
Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web
1967 · Writer
Get Up, Dance Sirtaki
1967 · Writer
Anakatosouras
1967 · Theatre Play
My wife went mad
1966 · Writer, Theatre Play
The Smart Aleck
1966 · Writer
A Ship Full of Papadopoulos
1966 · Writer
A Crazy, Crazy Family
1965 · Writer
A Very Clever Guy
1965 · Writer
Κάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό
1965 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Hustler
1964 · Writer
Another One for the Million
1964 · Writer
World and Kosmakis
1964 · Theatre Play
If Luck Favors You
1964 · Writer
The 201 Canaries
1964 · Writer
Nightwalks
1964 · Writer
One Girl For Two Men
1963 · Writer
Seven Days of Lying
1963 · Writer
Wanted honest
1963 · Writer
That Something... Else!
1963 · Writer
Sucker Groom
1962 · Writer
Theodore and the gun
1962 · Screenplay, Writer
The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia
1962 · Writer
The Devil and His Tail
1962 · Writer
10 Days in Paris
1962 · Theatre Play
The Miss Of The Mister
1962 · Writer
Athens by Night
1962 · Writer
Gold and Tin
1962 · Theatre Play
Klearhos, Marina and the short one
1961 · Theatre Play, Director, Writer
Our Good Angel
1961 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Poor Bums
1961 · Theatre Play
The Clever Bird
1961 · Writer
Three Ladies and me
1960 · Writer, Director
The Young Lady's Fool
1960 · Writer
The Treasure of the Beatitude
1959 · Director, Writer
Jobs with Tassels
1959 · Writer
The Cicada and the Ant
1958 · Screenplay
The Money
1958 · Director, Adaptation, Lyricist
The Skirtchaser
1957 · Director, Writer
Three Detectives
1957 · Director
Gypsy Blood
1956 · Director, Screenplay
Experts on the Football Field
1956
Party, Money and Love
1955 · Writer, Director
Ο άνεμος του μίσους
1954 · Director
The Beauty of Athens
1954 · Writer, Director
The Little Mouse
1954 · Writer, Director, Producer
The Father Is Training
1953 · Director
The Tower of Knights
1952 · Writer, Director
My Child Must Live
1951 · Director
Come to Uncle
1950 · Director, Writer
The Last Mission
1949 · Director, Screenplay, Novel
Fallen Angels
1948 · Writer, Director
One Hundred Thousand Pounds
1948 · Writer
Madame Sousou
1948 · Writer
