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Michael Cacoyannis (Greek: Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, Michalis Kakogiannis; 11 June 1922 – 25 July 2011), sometimes credited as Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriot theatre and film director, writer, producer, and actor.
Jul 26, 2011 · Michael Cacoyannis, a Greek filmmaker whose art-house films and adaptations of Euripides for stage and screen were critically acclaimed, but who was best known as the director of the 1964...
- Paul Vitello
Michael Cacoyannis was born on 11 June 1922 in Limassol, Cyprus. He was a director and writer, known for Zorba the Greek (1964), Electra (1962) and Eroika (1960). He died on 25 July 2011 in Athens, Greece.
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- Limassol, Cyprus
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- Athens, Greece
Michael Cacoyannis was one of the most prominent Greek–Cypriot directors of the 20th century and a vital ambassador for Cypriot culture and society and the classical Greek theatre that he adored. His neglected classics deserve to be resurrected.
Jul 25, 2011 · ATHENS, Greece — Michael Cacoyannis, the Cyprus born-filmmaker and screenwriter who directed the 1964 film classic Zorba the Greek, starring Anthony Quinn, has died at an Athens hospital. He was...
Jul 25, 2011 · Michael Cacoyannis, the Cyprus born-filmmaker and screenwriter who directed the 1964 film “Zorba the Greek” starring Anthony Quinn, died July 25 at a hospital in Athens. Officials at a state-run...
Jul 25, 2011 · Greek-Cypriot director Michael Cacoyannis, best known for the hit film Zorba The Greek, has died in Athens aged 89. "Mr Cacoyannis died today in the early hours," an official from the director's cultural foundation confirmed. He died at the central Evangelismos hospital where he was admitted 10 days ago, the ANA press agency reported.
