George Tzavellas, also rendered Giorgos Tzavellas, Yiorgos Tzavellas, or Yorgos Javellas (Greek: Γιώργος Τζαβέλλας, 1916, Athens – October 18, 1976),[1] was a Greek film director, screenwriter, and playwright. His filmmaking was particularly influential, with critic Georges Sadoul considering him "one of the three major postwar Greek directors" (along with Michael Cacoyannis and Nikos Koundouros).[2]
Tzavellas wrote at least 26 plays, in addition to writing the scripts for all of his films.[2] Among his notable films are Marinos Kontaras (1948), the drama O methystakas (1950), and Antigone (1961), a cinematic adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy.[2] His adaptation of Antigone reimagined it in the language of realist cinema, omitting stylized elements of Greek stageplay such as the chorus, and attempting to convey the same information via setting and dialogue.[3] In 1964 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] His masterpiece, however, is the 1955 film The Counterfeit Coin (I kálpiki líra), a film in four parts, linking the stories of several people through their transactions of a single counterfeit gold coin.
george, tzavellas, also, rendered, giorgos, tzavellas, yiorgos, tzavellas, yorgos, javellas, greek, Γιώργος, Τζαβέλλας, 1916, athens, october, 1976, greek, film, director, screenwriter, playwright, filmmaking, particularly, influential, with, critic, georges, . George Tzavellas also rendered Giorgos Tzavellas Yiorgos Tzavellas or Yorgos Javellas Greek Giwrgos Tzabellas 1916 Athens October 18 1976 1 was a Greek film director screenwriter and playwright His filmmaking was particularly influential with critic Georges Sadoul considering him one of the three major postwar Greek directors along with Michael Cacoyannis and Nikos Koundouros 2 Tzavellas wrote at least 26 plays in addition to writing the scripts for all of his films 2 Among his notable films are Marinos Kontaras 1948 the drama O methystakas 1950 and Antigone 1961 a cinematic adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy 2 His adaptation of Antigone reimagined it in the language of realist cinema omitting stylized elements of Greek stageplay such as the chorus and attempting to convey the same information via setting and dialogue 3 In 1964 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival 4 His masterpiece however is the 1955 film The Counterfeit Coin I kalpiki lira a film in four parts linking the stories of several people through their transactions of a single counterfeit gold coin Filmography editApplause 1944 Forgotten Faces 1946 Marinos Kontaras 1948 The Drunkard 1950 The Grouch 1952 Lily of the Harbor 1952 The Taxi Driver 1953 The Counterfeit Coin 1955 The Lovers Arrive 1956 We Have Only One Life 1958 Antigone 1961 And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband 1965 References edit Yorgos Javellas Internet Movie Database Retrieved 2011 12 11 a b c Georges Sadoul trans Peter Morris 1972 Tzavellas Georges Dictionary of Film Makers pp 256 257 ISBN 0 520 02151 7 Kenneth MacKinnon 1986 Greek Tragedy Into Film Fairleigh Dickinson University Press pp 72 74 ISBN 0 8386 3301 3 Berlinale 1964 Juries berlinale de Retrieved 2010 02 16 External links editYorgos Javellas at IMDb nbsp This article about a Greek film director is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Tzavellas amp oldid 1175340354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
