Nikos Tsiforos
- Directing
- August 26, 1909 · Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt [now Alexandria, Egypt]
- August 6, 1970
Biography
Nikos Tsiforos (Greek: Νίκος Τσιφόρος; 27 August 1912 – 6 August 1970) was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1912; two years later, his family was permanently resettled in Athens. From age eleven to his death, Nikos Tsiforos had been writing with gusto. In 1938, he wrote his first play, performed in an outdoors theatre in Freattyda; although his first effort did not quite succeed, young Nikos was not disappointed. He went on to earn a degree in Law, and work, for two years, at the Election Supervision Council. He soon resigned to travel the seas. He continued switching jobs regularly until 1939, all the while writing film scripts as well as doing other types of writing. His first big break came in 1944 when the company of Dimitris Horn and Mairi Aroni staged a play of his at the Akropol theatre. The play was "Η Πινακοθήκη των Ηλιθίων" (The portrait gallery of dolts). In 1948-1949, he scripted and directed his first film Τελευταία αποστολή (Last Mission). He went on to work as a reporter for the Athens press: newspapers (Φιλελεύθερος; Βήμα; Ελεύθερος Κόσμος), and magazines (Τραστ, Ρομάντσο, Ταχυδρόμος, Πάνθεον), all the while writing over 40 theatrical plays and over 80 film scripts. He collaborated extensively with Polyvios Vassiliadis on numerous hit film scripts, earning exceptional renown for their scintillating wit and hilarious humor. His deft use of the Greek contemporary vernacular is considered peerless by several leading literary critics.
Known for
Filmography
- The treasure · Writer
- Klearchos, Marina and Short · Author
- Οι Γαμπροί της Ευτυχίας · Author
- Παραμύθια πίσω από τα κάγκελα · Writer
- Τα παλιόπαιδα τ' ατίθασα · Author
- The Street Smarts · Novel, Theatre Play
- Bedlam My Love · Writer
- O Katergaris · Writer
- I have you behind me, Satan · Writer
- The Incredible · Theatre Play
- Who Thanasis! · Writer
- An Italian girl from Kypseli · Theatre Play
- The idiot · Theatre Play
- Doctor Z-Vengos · Writer
- Ο Μαχαραγιάς · Writer
- Oh, That Woman of Mine! · Theatre Play, Writer
- Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000' · Writer
- Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web · Writer
- Get Up, Dance Sirtaki · Writer
- Anakatosouras · Theatre Play
- My wife went mad · Writer, Theatre Play
- The Smart Aleck · Writer
- A Ship Full of Papadopoulos · Writer
- A Crazy, Crazy Family · Writer
- A Very Clever Guy · Writer
- Κάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό · Screenplay, Theatre Play
- The Hustler · Writer
- Another One for the Million · Writer
- World and Kosmakis · Theatre Play
- If Luck Favors You · Writer
- The 201 Canaries · Writer
- Nightwalks · Writer
- One Girl For Two Men · Writer
- Seven Days of Lying · Writer
- Wanted honest · Writer
- That Something... Else! · Writer
- Sucker Groom · Writer
- Theodore and the gun · Screenplay, Writer
- The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia · Writer
- The Devil and His Tail · Writer
- 10 Days in Paris · Theatre Play
- The Miss Of The Mister · Writer
- Athens by Night · Writer
- Gold and Tin · Theatre Play
- Klearhos, Marina and the short one · Theatre Play, Director
- Our Good Angel · Screenplay, Theatre Play
- Poor Bums · Theatre Play
- The Clever Bird · Writer
- Three Ladies and me · Director, Writer
- The Young Lady's Fool · Writer
- The Treasure of the Beatitude · Writer, Director
- Jobs with Tassels · Writer
- The Cicada and the Ant · Screenplay
- The Money · Director, Lyricist
- The Skirtchaser · Director, Writer
- Three Detectives · Director
- Gypsy Blood · Director, Screenplay
- Experts on the Football Field
- Party, Money and Love · Writer, Director
- Ο άνεμος του μίσους · Director
- The Beauty of Athens · Director, Writer
- The Little Mouse · Writer, Director
- The Father Is Training · Director
- The Tower of Knights · Writer, Director
- My Child Must Live · Director
- Come to Uncle · Director, Writer
- The Last Mission · Director, Screenplay
- Fallen Angels · Director, Writer
- One Hundred Thousand Pounds · Writer
- Madame Sousou · Writer