Pantelis Voulgaris
He was born in Athens in 1940 and studied at the Stavrakou Film School. He worked initially as an assistant director and made his first short in 1965. Since then his films have won international acclaim and numerous awards establishing his reputation as one of the foremost Greek film directors of his generation. Pantelis Vouglaris has also directed several documentaries for Greek television and the hour-long documentary on the poet Yannis Ritsos for German Television. He has also directed for the stage. In 1995 Pantelis Voulgaris was honoured by the Museum of Modern Art in New York with a mid-career retrospective.
FILMOGRAPHY
- 1965, THE THIEF, short film
- 1966, JIMMY THE TIGER, short film
Best Short Film,
Best Actor and
Critics Awards, International Film Festival of Thessaloniki- 1969, THE DANCE OF THE GOATS, documentary
- 1966, JIMMY THE TIGER, short film
- Grand Prix Contemporary Film Festival, Athens
- 1972, THE ENGAGEMENT OF ANNA, feature film
- Best Film and Best Director Awards, International Film Festival of Thessaloniki FIPRESCI,
- Otto-Dibelius and OCIC Awards, Berlin Film Festival
- 1973, THE GREAT LOVE SONGS, feature film
- 1976, HAPPY DAY, feature film
- Best Film and Best Director Awards, International Film Festival of Thessaloniki
- 1980, ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS, feature film
- 1985, STONE YEARS, feature film
- Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress Awards, International Film Festival of Thessaloniki
- Special Nomination for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival
- Best Actress and Best Music Awards, Valencia Film Festival
- Special Nomination for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival
- 1988, THE STRIKER WITH THE NO. 9, feature film
- 1991, QUIET DAYS IN AUGUST, feature film
- Mention by the Berlin Film Festival's International Protestant Film Jury,
- Selected to represent Greece as Best Film for the European Film Awards
- 1995, ACROPOLE, feature film
- Best Music Award, Valencia Film Festival
- 1998, IT'S A LONG ROAD, feature film
- Best Actor (Giorgos Armenis) and Best Make-Up, Hellenic Ministry of Culture 1998 National Film Awards
- 2004, THE BRIDES, feature film
- Best Film Award at the Greek Cinema Retrospective, Strasbourg, 2006