Director

Dimitris Stavrakas

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 1474910

IMDb ID: nm0823998

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1938

Age: 88

Place of birth: Athens, Greece

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 2006

Years active: 43

Wikidata: Q20941077

Also known as

Δημήτρης Σταύρακας

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Biography

Dimitris Stavrakas was born in Athens in 1938. In 1966 he made his first short film, "The Gas". In 1979 he shot "Betty", which was shown in cinemas together with Federico Fellini's "Orchestra Rehearsal". In 1983 he made his first feature film, "The Misunderstanding", with which he won the State Quality Award. In 1999, with his film, "The Canary Bicycle", he won the 2nd Prize for Best Film and the 1st Prize for Best Actor at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, as well as awards at festivals in Cairo, Isfahan, Iran, Houston, Texas and in Zlin, Czech Republic. In the same year he filmed "The Passage", in Turkey and Bangladesh.

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