YIANNIS DALIANIDIS
THE GENTLE KNIGHT OF POLULAR CINEMA

The most commercial filmmaker of Greek Cinema was born in Thessaloniki and studied at the Drama School of the Thessaloniki Conservatory. After graduating, he went to Vienna, where he studied dance. He started out as a dancer, a choreographer and actor in musical theater, but soon expressed his love for cinema. In 1949 he appeared as an actor in the film Two Worlds. In 1958 he began writing screenplays. His first screenplay was Crazy Girl. His directorial debut took place the following year, with the film The Scamp, which established him immediately. He continued writing screenplays for romantic comedies and adapting plays which he directed for various production companies up until 1961.

That was the year he began working for Finos Film. His film Downhill was a huge success. Since then he worked exclusively for Finos Film up until 1977, when the company's last film, Training Old Man Yorgis, was made.

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