Thanasis Arvanitis (d. 2024)

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.

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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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