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Yannis Economides
Limassol, Cyprus
Yannis Economides was born in 1967 in Limassol, Cyprus. In 1987 he moved to Athens to study filmmaking. After several short films and documentaries, in 2003 he wrote and directed…
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Yannis Economides was born in 1967 in Limassol, Cyprus. In 1987 he moved to Athens to study filmmaking. After several short films and documentaries, in 2003 he wrote and directed his first feature film, MATCHBOX. His second feature SOUL KICKING premiered in The International Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival in 2006 and his third, KNIFER (2010) won seven awards from the Greek Film Academy, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. His fourth feature, STRATOS, premiered in the Competition Programme of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014. For each one of his four feature films, Economides has been honored with the Greek Film Critics Association Award for Best Greek Feature Film of the Year. 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 has also performed as a supporting actor in several greek films. In 2017 he had a small but crucial part in Fatih Akin's latest film, "In the Fade".
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2026
The Golden Grip
Movie
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2025
Broken Vein
Movie Writer
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2025
Patty Is Such a Girly Name
Movie Cook
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2025
Worship - (My) Greek Cult Movies
Movie Himself
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2023
Detached House
Movie Producer
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2021
From The Balcony
Movie Stelios
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2021
Amercement
Movie Supervisor at Vangelis' Building
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2020
Ballad for a Pierced Heart
Movie Director
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2018
Go For Broke
Movie Μιχάλης
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2017
In the Fade
Movie
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2016
Suntan
Movie Johnny
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2014
Stratos
Movie Writer
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2011
Directing Hell
Movie
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2011
Wasted Youth
Movie service manager
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2010
Knifer
Movie Writer
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2008
Boobheads
Movie Prison Warden
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2006
Soul Kicking
Movie Writer
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2005
Ki An Fygo Tha Ksanartho
Movie Takis
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2003
Ελλάς το Μεγαλείο σου
TV show
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2003
Matchbox
Movie Director
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1995
Η Ζωή Που Θα 'θελες
Movie Director
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1994
Just Feeling The Jasmine Scent
Movie Director
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1992
Gradual Improvement in the Weather
Movie Director
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1990
Good Morning, Night
Movie Director
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1987
Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!
Movie Writer
