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Νίκος Φώσκολος

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Nascita
26 novembre 1927 · Athens, Greece
Morte
30 ottobre 2013

Biografia

Nikos Foskolos (Greek: Νίκος Φώσκολος; 26 November 1927 – 30 October 2013) was a Greek screenwriter and director. He is one of the most commercially successful screenwriters of Greek cinema. He has been called the "Goldfinger of commercial shows". He has been described as "the maître of exaggeration" and "the king of TV shows". His film Ipolochagos Natassa kept the most commercially successful film record for almost three decades from 1970 to 1999. Foskolos was born in Athens on 26 November 1927. He studied Political Science at the University of Athens but did not graduate. From the age of 17, he started writing successful radio plays with both a historical and modern background. His radio series Police Stories were the most popular radio series for three years. In the 1960s, he worked as a theatre critic and also wrote plays for the theatre and radio. He wrote screenplays for over 70 Greek films, mostly working for Finos Film. He introduced Spaghetti Westerns to Greek cinema. His TV daily serial Lampsi was a huge success and ran for 14 seasons getting into the Guinness World Records in 1995. He gained another entry into the Guinness World Records for writing two daily TV series, Lampsi and Kalimera Zoi, for ten years. Lampsi was shown for 13 years from 1991 to 2005 with a total of 3457 episodes produced. In the 1970s, his TV serial Agnostos Polemos (Unknown War) broke the record of TV ratings with 92% of Greek households tuning in to the show. Foskolos has been described as an "important screenwriter", a "talented director", a "wonderful human being" and "the father of TV-serials and films". Ta Nea refers to him as "hyperproductive". The same paper also calls him polygrafotatos translating as "a prolific writer". Foskolos has received awards for The Asphalt Fever (Πυρετός στην άσφαλτο), and The Ruthless (Οι αδίστακτοι). His film Blood on the Land (Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο) was an Academy Awards Best Foreign Film nominee in 1965. He also received three awards and a state award for Concert for Machine Guns (Κοντσέρτο για πολυβόλα).

Noto per

Locandina di Blood on the Land
Blood on the Land
Film · 1966 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di Υπολοχαγός Νατάσσα
Υπολοχαγός Νατάσσα
Film · 1970 · ★ 6,6
Locandina di Ορατότης Μηδέν
Ορατότης Μηδέν
Film · 1970 · ★ 6,1
Locandina di Κοινωνία Ώρα Μηδέν
Κοινωνία Ώρα Μηδέν
Film · 1966 · ★ 5,6
Locandina di Οι Σφαιρες δεν γυριζουν πισω
Οι Σφαιρες δεν γυριζουν πισω
Film · 1967
Locandina di Έξοδος Κινδύνου
Έξοδος Κινδύνου
Film · 1980
Locandina di Κατάσκοπος Νέλλη
Κατάσκοπος Νέλλη
Film · 1981
Locandina di Δάκρυα Για Την Ηλέκτρα
Δάκρυα Για Την Ηλέκτρα
Film · 1966
Locandina di Κοντσέρτο Για Πολυβόλα
Κοντσέρτο Για Πολυβόλα
Film · 1967
Locandina di Η Ζούγκλα των Πόλεων
Η Ζούγκλα των Πόλεων
Film · 1970
Locandina di Κατηγορώ τους Ανθρώπους
Κατηγορώ τους Ανθρώπους
Film · 1966
Locandina di Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας
Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας
Film · 1971

Filmografia