Director

Vasilis Fotopoulos

Art

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 2136270

Known for: Art

Born: January 1, 1934

Died: January 14, 2007

Age: 73

Place of birth: Kalamata, Greece

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1963 - 2021

Years active: 59

Average TMDB rating: 6.81

Also known as

Vassilis Photopoulos • Vasilis Photopoulos

Frequent jobs

Director (1)Art Direction (3)Sound Mixer (2)Set Decoration (1)Sound Editor (1)

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Biography

Vasilis Photopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Φωτόπουλος) (1934, Kalamata – 14 January 2007, Athens, Greece) was an influential Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer. He was an Academy Award winner for the film Zorba the Greek for art direction. Vasilis Photopoulos was born in Kalamata and studied painting at a very young age under Vangelis Drakos. He appeared for the first time on the Art scene as the stage designer for play "Servant Lady", in the Athens Opera House. He also worked for the National Greek Theatre, the Public Theatre of Northern Greece, and the Liberal Theatre. In 1966, he worked with Francis Ford Coppola in the film You're a Big Boy Now, which starred Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Karen Black, Julie Harris and Elizabeth Hartman. He died in Athens in 2007, aged 72.