Kostas Koutsomytis

Kostas Koutsomytis
Native name Κώστας Κουτσομύτης
Born (1938-09-20)20 September 1938
Grevena, Greece
Died 10 March 2016(2016-03-10) (aged 77)
Athens, Greece
Occupation Film director, screenwriter

Kostas Koutsomytis (Greek: Κώστας Κουτσομύτης, 20 September 1938 – 10 March 2016) was a Greek film director and screenwriter who worked mostly in television.

Biography

Koutsomytis was born in Grevena.

He directed his first movie in 1965, a short film named To Domatio.[1] In television he debuted in 1971, directing the series Agnostos Polemos that was aired in Greek State Television. He directed some of the most successful series in the Greek television such as Vammena Kokkina Mallia, Prova Nyfikou, I Agapi Argise mia Mera etc. He won one cinema award for the film Kloios (best screenplay)[2] and three Greek television awards for the series I Agapi Argise mia Mera, Ta Paidia tis Niovis and Matomena Homata.[1][3] His series are usually based in the novels of famous Greek writers such as Dido Sotiriou, Lili Zografou, Dora Giannakopoulou, Giannis Xanthoulis and others.

Koutsomytis died on 10 March 2016 in Sismanoglio in Athens.[4]

Filmography

Cinema

Title Year
Athina Zafeiropetra1985
Kloios1987

Television

Title Year Channel Notes
O Agnostos Polemos1971YENED
Paraxenos taxidiotis1972
Horis Anasa1973
Tereza Varma Dakosta1975
En Athinais1976
Oi Enohoi1977
Kontra ston Anemo1980ΕΡΤ
O Katadikos1983ΕΡΤ
Kapnismenos Ouranos1985ΕΡΤ
Enas filisyhos anthropos1988ΕΡΤ
Ekeinos ki ekeinos 1989ΕΡΤ
O Kitrinos Fakelos1991ANT1
Vammena Kokkina Mallia1992ANT1
I Ektelesi1993
I Prova Nyfikou1995 ANT1 Writer of adapted screenplay
I Agapi Argise mia Mera1997ΕΡΤ Writer of adapted screenplay
O Megalos Thymos1998 Mega Channel
Istera Irthan oi Melisses2000ΕΡΤ Writer of adapted screenplay
Treis Hires2001
Ta Paidia tis Niovis2004ΕΡΤ
Oi Μagisses tis Smirnis2005 Mega Channel
Tyflomyga2007 Alpha TV
Matomena Homata2009Alpha TV

References

  1. 1 2 "Κώστας Κουτσομύτης: Ο σκηνοθέτης που παντρεύτηκε την επιτυχία". entertainment.in.gr. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "1987 awards". filmfestival.gr. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Φλας μπακ στα 11 χρόνια του θεσμού". ethnos.gr. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "«Έφυγε» ο Κώστας Κουτσομύτης". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών. Retrieved 2016-03-10.

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