Nikos E. Panagiotopoulos

Nikos Panagiotopoulos (1941-2016) was born in Mytilene. He studied film directing in Athens and began his career as an assistant director in Greek and international productions. From 1960 to 1973, he lived in Paris, where he attended courses at the Sorbonne's Institute of Filmology and frequented the Cinematheque. During his stay in Paris, he made several industrial and advertising films. From 1973, he lived and worked in Athens. He directed films such as "Sunday" 1965 (20'), "Andreou" 1970 (25'), "Cine Love" 1971 (20'), "The Colors of the Iris" 1974, "The Idlers of the Fertile Valley" 1978 (adaptation of A. Cossery's novel), "Melodrama?" 1980, "Variety" 1984, "The Woman Who Saw Dreams" 1988, "I Dream of My Friends" 1993 (adaptation of D. Nollas' short story collection), "The Bachelor" 1997 (adaptation of V. Raptopoulos' novel), "This Night Remains" 1999 (based on Th. Alexandris' testimonial book), "Beautiful People" 2000, "I'm Tired of Killing Your Lovers" 2002, "Delivery" 2003, "Dying in Athens" 2006, "Athens - Constantinople" 2008, "The Fruit Trees of Athens" 2010 (adaptation of S. Dimitriou's narrative), "Blood Ties" 2012 (adaptation of M. Powell's novel), "The Limousine" 2013, "Rembrandt's Daughter" 2015. In 2010, he published the autobiographical essay "From the Wastebasket" (Patakis Editions, "The Director's Kitchen" series) and in 2015, the novel titled "Nothing" (Topos Editions). He passed away on the evening of January 11, 2016, following a heart attack, at the age of 74.