Tribute to Film/Stage Director, actor, screenwriter, Dinos Dimopoulos
Dinos Dimopoulos 22 August 1921 – 28 February 2003 was a Greek actor, film director, screenwriter and theatre director. He directed 47 films between 1953 and 1993. His 1959 film Astero was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1960 film Madalena was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. He wrote also some theatrical plays. He has won the best director award in Thessaloniki Film Festival for the film The Asphalt Fever. He collaborated with legendary actors & musicians, he experimented with different film genres, delivering unforgettable comedies, engaging melodramas, crime mysteries, even films with a bucolic touch. He is also the lyricist of many Greek songs listen to the podcast and find out how this multi talented artist sealed the Hellenic Film Industry with his passion, creativity and ingenuity.
