TIS KAKOMIRAS

Dinos Katsouridis was a Cypriot film editor, cinematographer and, from 1960 onwards, director. He graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business in 1947 and was admitted to law school, which, however, he did not complete due to his “social opinions”. In 1951 he graduated from the Stavrakos School, while also working as a cinematography teacher. He was a principal member of Finos Film for eight years. He directed Thanassis Vengos in nine successive movies from 1970 to 1982. The most important were What Did You Do in the War, Thanassis?, which won three awards at the Thessaloniki Festival for Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, and Thanassis, Get Your Gun, awarded Best Actor and an Honorary Distinction for Tassos Zographos’s sets at the same Festival. One of Katsouridis’s most important contributions to Greek cinema was the film Tis Kakomiras (1963), with the famous Zikos, played by Kostas Hatjichristos. In 2000, at the 41st Thessaloniki Film Festival, Dinos Katsouridis was honoured with the Golden Alexander Award for his contribution to cinema. He died in 2011 after a battle with cancer.

1960 Murder Backstage
1965 The Ruthless
1970 One Vegos to Do Everything
1971 What Did You Do in the War, Thanasis?
1972 Thanasis, Take Your Gun
1979 O falakros mathitis
1980 Vengos, o trellos kamikaze
1982 Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent
1987 A Leftish Night’s Dream