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Vasilis Fotopoulos (1934-2007)

Alias:
Vasilis Photopoulos
Vassilis Photopoulos

Birthplace:
Kalamata, Greece

Born:
January 1, 1934

Died:
January 14, 2007

Biography from TheMovieDB

Vasilis Photopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Φωτόπουλος) (1934, Kalamata – 14 January 2007, Athens, Greece) was an influential Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer. He was an Academy Award winner for the film Zorba the Greek for art direction.  Vasilis Photopoulos was born in Kalamata and studied painting at a very young age under Vangelis Drakos. He appeared for the first time on the Art scene as the stage designer for play "Servant Lady", in the Athens Opera House. He also worked for the National Greek Theatre, the Public Theatre of Northern Greece, and the Liberal Theatre.  In 1966, he worked with Francis Ford Coppola in the film You're a Big Boy Now, which starred Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Karen Black, Julie Harris and Elizabeth Hartman.  He died in Athens in 2007, aged 72.

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Film Production

Adaptation:
1969  Orestes

Art Direction:
1963  America America
1964  Zorba the Greek
1966  You're a Big Boy Now
1969  Orestes

Director:
1963  America America
1964  Zorba the Greek
1966  You're a Big Boy Now
1969  Orestes

Set Decoration:
1963  America America
1963  Young and old in action...
1964  Zorba the Greek
1966  You're a Big Boy Now
1969  Orestes

Sound Editor:
1963  America America
1963  Young and old in action...
1964  Zorba the Greek
1966  You're a Big Boy Now
1969  Orestes
2021  Painting Pain

Sound Mixer:
1963  America America
1963  Young and old in action...
1964  Zorba the Greek
1966  You're a Big Boy Now
1969  Orestes
2019  Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith
2019  Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019  Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'
2019  Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'
2020  Miranda July: Where it Began
2021  Painting Pain

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