A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Thanasis Arvanitis
Thanassis Arbanitis
Thanassis Arvanitis
Θανάσης Αρβανίτης
Died:
December 17, 2024
Thanasis Arvanitis (Θανάσης Αρβανίτης) was lucky enough to catch the golden age of Greek cinema, towards its end, and to become a professional at the historic Finos Film, working alongside experienced technicians and well-known stars including Alekos Alexandrakis, Maro Kontou, Giorgos Konstantinou, Elena Nathanail, etc. in films such as "Santa Claus Wakes Up", "An Italian Woman from the Beehive", etc. He continued to develop into one of the best professionals in the genre. It is no coincidence that the most important Greek directors chose him for their work. Among them are the multi-award-winning Theodoros Angelopoulos with whom he collaborated in “The Troupe” and “Journey to Kythera”, Gilles Dassin in “The Cry of Women” with Melina Mercouri, the internationally renowned Costas Gavras in the 2009 Greek-French film “Paradise in the West”, Stavros Tsiolis in “The Little Fugitive”, Thanasis Vengos in “Thou – Vo Bald Agent – Operation: Earth Midian”, Nikos Koundrouros in “Ballad of a Possessed Man”, Pantelis Voulgaris in “Happy Day”, Nikos Panagiotopoulos in “The Lazy Ones of the Fertile Valley”, Nikos Nikolaidis in “The Sweet Gang”, Lakis Papastathis in “Weather of the Greeks" but also Nikos Perrakis, Tasos Boulmetis and many more.
Assistant Sound Engineer:
1962 Company of Miracles
Sound:
1962 Company of Miracles
1965 Letter from Charleroi
1976 Happy Day
1978 Romantic Note
1984 Palestinian Identity
1985 Such a Long Absence
1992 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
1995 ZOI
1996 Acropol
2009 Behind the Curtain
Sound Designer:
1962 Company of Miracles
1965 Letter from Charleroi
1972 Days of '36
1975 The Travelling Players
1976 Happy Day
1978 Romantic Note
1981 One Village, One Villager...
1984 Palestinian Identity
1984 Voyage to Cythera
1985 Such a Long Absence
1992 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
1992 Please, Ladies, Don't Cry
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
1995 ZOI
1996 Acropol
2009 Behind the Curtain
Sound Editor:
1962 Company of Miracles
1965 Letter from Charleroi
1970 The Reconstruction
1972 Days of '36
1975 The Travelling Players
1976 Happy Day
1978 Romantic Note
1981 One Village, One Villager...
1984 Palestinian Identity
1984 Voyage to Cythera
1985 Such a Long Absence
1992 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
1992 Please, Ladies, Don't Cry
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
1995 ZOI
1996 Acropol
2009 Behind the Curtain
Sound Engineer:
1962 Company of Miracles
1965 Letter from Charleroi
1970 The Reconstruction
1972 Days of '36
1974 The Colors of Iris
1975 The Travelling Players
1976 Happy Day
1978 A Dream of Passion
1978 Romantic Note
1981 One Village, One Villager...
1984 Palestinian Identity
1984 Voyage to Cythera
1985 Such a Long Absence
1992 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
1992 Please, Ladies, Don't Cry
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
1995 ZOI
1996 Acropol
2009 Behind the Curtain
Sound Mixer:
1962 Company of Miracles
1965 Letter from Charleroi
1970 The Reconstruction
1972 Days of '36
1974 The Colors of Iris
1975 The Travelling Players
1976 Happy Day
1977 The Hunters
1978 A Dream of Passion
1978 Romantic Note
1978 The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
1980 Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
1980 Layer of Destruction
1981 Educate Yourself My Son
1981 One Village, One Villager...
1983 Athens, Return to the Acropolis
1984 Palestinian Identity
1984 The Rape of Aphrodite
1984 Voyage to Cythera
1985 Meteor and Shadow
1985 Stone Years
1985 Such a Long Absence
1985 Varieté
1986 Happy Homecoming, Comrades
1986 The Beekeeper
1987 Absences
1987 Living Dangerously
1988 Landscape in the Mist
1990 The Red Daisy
1991 A Song for Epirus
1991 Take Care
1992 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
1992 Please, Ladies, Don't Cry
1993 I Dream of My Friends
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
1995 ZOI
1996 Acropol
1998 It's a Long Road
1998 Medusa
1999 Dream a Little Dream
1999 Every Saturday
2001 It's Bad Luck to See the Bride Before the Wedding
2003 Liza and All the Others
2004 Eyes of Night
2009 Behind the Curtain
2010 Odyssea Corporum - Ballad for Nikos Koundouros
Sound Recordist:
1962 Company of Miracles
1964 Everything the People Wants
1965 Letter from Charleroi
1968 Broadcast
1968 O mikros drapetis
1969 An Unbelievable Sucker
1969 Two Feet in One Shoe
1969 Wake up Vassili
1970 The Reconstruction
1971 A Greek woman in a Harem
1972 Days of '36
1972 Το Κοροϊδάκι Της Πριγκηπέσσας
1974 The Colors of Iris
1975 The Travelling Players
1976 Happy Day
1977 The Hunters
1978 A Dream of Passion
1978 Romantic Note
1978 The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
1980 Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
1980 Layer of Destruction
1981 Educate Yourself My Son
1981 One Village, One Villager...
1983 Athens, Return to the Acropolis
1984 Palestinian Identity
1984 The Rape of Aphrodite
1984 Voyage to Cythera
1985 Meteor and Shadow
1985 Stone Years
1985 Such a Long Absence
1985 Varieté
1986 Happy Homecoming, Comrades
1986 The Beekeeper
1987 Absences
1987 Living Dangerously
1988 Landscape in the Mist
1990 The Red Daisy
1991 A Song for Epirus
1991 Take Care
1992 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
1992 Please, Ladies, Don't Cry
1993 I Dream of My Friends
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
1995 ZOI
1996 Acropol
1998 It's a Long Road
1998 Medusa
1999 Dream a Little Dream
1999 Every Saturday
2001 It's Bad Luck to See the Bride Before the Wedding
2003 Liza and All the Others
2004 Eyes of Night
2009 Behind the Curtain
2010 Odyssea Corporum - Ballad for Nikos Koundouros
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