Kostas Koutsomytis (Greek: Κώστας Κουτσομύτης, 20 September 1938 – 10 March 2016) was a Greek film director and screenwriter who worked mostly in television.

Kostas Koutsomytis
Κώστας Κουτσομύτης
Born(1938-09-20)20 September 1938
Grevena, Greece
Died10 March 2016(2016-03-10) (aged 77)
Athens, Greece
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Biography

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Koutsomytis was born in Grevena.

He directed his first movie in 1965, a short film named To Domatio.[1] In television he debuted in 1971, directing the series Agnostos Polemos that was aired in Greek State Television. He directed some of the most successful series in the Greek television such as Vammena Kokkina Mallia, Prova Nyfikou, I Agapi Argise mia Mera etc. He won one cinema award for the film Kloios (best screenplay)[2] and three Greek television awards for the series I Agapi Argise mia Mera, Ta Paidia tis Niovis and Matomena Homata.[1][3] His series are usually based in the novels of famous Greek writers such as Dido Sotiriou, Lili Zografou, Dora Giannakopoulou, Giannis Xanthoulis and others.

Koutsomytis died on 10 March 2016 in Sismanoglio in Athens.[4]

Filmography

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Cinema

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Title Year
Athina Zafeiropetra 1985
Kloios 1987

Television

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Title Year Channel Notes
O Agnostos Polemos 1971 YENED
Paraxenos taxidiotis 1972
Horis Anasa 1973
Tereza Varma Dakosta 1975
En Athinais 1976
Oi Enohoi 1977
Kontra ston Anemo 1980 ΕΡΤ
O Katadikos 1983 ΕΡΤ
Kapnismenos Ouranos 1985 ΕΡΤ
Enas filisyhos anthropos 1988 ΕΡΤ
Ekeinos ki ekeinos 1989 ΕΡΤ
O Kitrinos Fakelos 1991 ANT1
Vammena Kokkina Mallia 1992 ANT1
I Ektelesi 1993
I Prova Nyfikou 1995 ANT1 Writer of adapted screenplay
I Agapi Argise mia Mera 1997 ΕΡΤ Writer of adapted screenplay
O Megalos Thymos 1998 Mega Channel
Istera Irthan oi Melisses 2000 ΕΡΤ Writer of adapted screenplay
Treis Hires 2001
Ta Paidia tis Niovis 2004 ΕΡΤ
Oi Μagisses tis Smirnis 2005 Mega Channel
Tyflomyga 2007 Alpha TV
Matomena Homata 2009 Alpha TV

References

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  1. ^ a b "Κώστας Κουτσομύτης: Ο σκηνοθέτης που παντρεύτηκε την επιτυχία". entertainment.in.gr. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ "1987 awards". filmfestival.gr. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Φλας μπακ στα 11 χρόνια του θεσμού". ethnos.gr. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ^ ""Έφυγε" ο Κώστας Κουτσομύτης". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
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