Giorgos Arvanitis
Giorgos Arvanitis | |
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 Giorgos Arvanitis at the Manaki Brothers Film Festival in Bitola in 2019. | |
| Born | Giorgos Arvanitis February 22, 1941 (age 82) |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1967-present |
Giorgos (or Yorgos) Arvanitis (Greek: Γιώργος Αρβανίτης; born February 22, 1941) is a Greek cinematographer.
Life
Arvanitis was born in the village of Dilofo, Makrakomi, Phthiotis, Greece. Having received an education as an electrician in the construction sector, he started working in the movies business in his early 20s, advancing from 2nd camera assistant to finally become a director of photography.
Career
Arvanitis has been an important figure in the
Palme d'or, Cannes 1998), except for the very last trilogy he was shooting (Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow, The Dust of Time
, The Other Sea).
During his career, his has worked with some of the greatest Greek directors such as
Goran Paskaljevic (Someone Else’s America (1994)), Marco Ferreri, Bruno Podalydès, Agnieszka Holland (Total Eclipse with Leonardo DiCaprio), Amos Gitai, Nikos Panayiotopoulos[2] and the very controversial Catherine Breillat
.
He is a member of the Association Française des directeurs de la photographie Cinématographique.
Filmography
- 1967 : Oi Thalassies oi Hadres
- 1970 : Reconstitution
- 1970 : Ipolochagos Natassa
- 1972 : Days of '36
- 1975 : Assault on Agathon
- 1975 : The Travelling Players
- 1977 : Iphigenia
- 1977 : The Hunters
- 1978 : A Dream of Passion
- 1980 : Alexander the Great
- 1983 : Homecoming Song
- 1984 : Voyage to Cythera
- 1986 : The Beekeeper
- 1988 : Landscape in the Mist
- 1989 : Australia
- 1991 : The Suspended Step of the Stork
- 1991 : Voyager
- 1994 : The Butterfly's Dream
- 1995 : Ulysses' Gaze
- 1995 : Total Eclipse
- 1997 : Bent
- 1997 : Port Djema
- 1998 : Eternity and a Day
- 1998 : Train of Life
- 1999 : Innocent
- 1999 : Romance
- 2001 : Fat Girl
- 2002 : Kedma
- 2004 : Process
- 2004 : Brides
- 2004 : Anatomy of Hell
- 2005 : See You at Regis Debray
- 2005 : The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
- 2006 : A Crime
- 2007 : The Last Mistress
- 2008 : Dorothy Mills
- 2015 : Graziella, directed by Mehdi Charef, starring Rossy de Palma
- 2019 : Adults in the Room
- 2019 : Fanny Lye Deliver'd
International awards and honours
He has received numerous prizes for his work including (non-exhaustive list):
- Nyfes (2004), Doxombous (1988), Mia toso makrini apousia (1985), O Thiassos(1974), Meres tou 36 (1972), Anaparastassi (1970)
- Golden Bayard at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film for Faraw! (1997)
- Nomination for the Camerimage Golden Grog for 'Ulysses' Gaze' (1995) and for Eternity and a Day together with Andreas Sinanos (1998)
- Golden Kikito at the Gramado Film Festivalfor Il Sogno della farfalla (1994)
- Osella for Best Cinematography at the Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) for Australia (1989)
- Best Photography award, Chicago Film Festivalfor Topio stin omichli (1988)
- Golden Camera 300 for life achievement at the Manaki Brothers Film Festival (2019) [3]
References
- ^ "Eternity and a Day' Is a Seductive and Haunting Reverie Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times staff writer May 27, 1999". Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ Good intentions but no true cinematic vivacity Kathimerini October 29, 2002 [permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.hephaestuswien.com/north-macedonia-manaki-brothers-19-festival/ [dead link]
External links
- Giorgos Arvanitis at IMDb
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