Yannis Economides
Quick Facts
Biography
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Yannis Economides (born in Limassol, Cyprus), is a Cypriot filmmaker.
Career
In 1987, Economides moved to Athens to study filmmaking. After short films and documentaries, he wrote and directed his first feature film Matchbox in 2002.
His second feature film, Soul Kicking, premiered at The International Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival in 2006.
His third film Knifer, which released in 2010 has won seven awards from the Hellenic Film Academy, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. His fourth feature film, Stratos, premiered in the Competition Programme of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014.
Each of his four feature films has been honored with the Greek Film Critics Association Award for Best Greek Feature Film.
In October 2016, his first theatrical production premiered at the New Stage of the National Theatre in Athens, with Economides directing his own play Sleep, Stella, Sleep. He performed as a supporting actor in several Greek films. In 2017 he had a part in Fatih Akin’s latest film, In the Fade.
