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Stavros Tsiolis
Known For: Directing
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Status: Deceased at 81 years old (death on 23/07/2019)
Date of Birth: 06/10/1937
Place of Birth: Tripoli, Greece
Biography
Stavros Tsiolis (Tripoli 6 October 1937 - Athens 23 July 2019) was a director and screenwriter of the new Greek cinema.
Stavros Tsiolis studied cinema at the L. Stavrakou Television Film School in Athens and from 1958 he worked as an assistant director on 54 films, many of them by Finos Film. His first own film, which was based on his own screenplay, was The Little Fugitive for Finos Film in 1968. In 1970 he had an international success with the film Abuse of Power.
He then left cinema for fifteen years and returned in 1985 with films that were particularly successful. His film A So Long Absence won six first prizes at the Thessaloniki festival in 1985, while Invincible Lovers in 1988 was played at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.