Nikos Tsiforos

Biography

Nikos Tsiforos (Greek: Νίκος Τσιφόρος; 27 August 1912 – 6 August 1970) was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1912; two years later, his family was permanently resettled in Athens. From age eleven to his death, Nikos Tsiforos had been writing with gusto. In 1938, he wrote his first play, performed in an outdoors theatre in Freattyda; although his first effort did not quite succeed, young Nikos was not disappointed. He went on to earn a degree in Law, and work, for two years, at the Election Supervision Council. He soon resigned to travel the seas. He continued switching jobs regularly until 1939, all the while writing film scripts as well as doing other types of writing. His first big break came in 1944 when the company of Dimitris Horn and Mairi Aroni staged a play of his at the Akropol theatre. The play was "Η Πινακοθήκη των Ηλιθίων" (The portrait gallery of dolts). In 1948-1949, he scripted and directed his first film Τελευταία αποστολή (Last Mission). He went on to work as a reporter for the Athens pres…

Directed

1. The Beauty of Athens (1954) — Director
2. Klearhos, Marina and the short one (1961) — Director
3. The Treasure of the Beatitude (1959) — Director
4. The Money (1958) — Director
5. The Little Mouse (1954) — Director
6. Three Ladies and me (1960) — Director
7. Three Detectives (1957) — Director
8. The Skirtchaser (1957) — Director
9. Come to Uncle (1950) — Director
10. The Last Mission (1949) — Director
11. Party, Money and Love (1955) — Director
12. The Tower of Knights (1952) — Director
13. The Father Is Training (1953) — Director
14. Fallen Angels (1948) — Director
15. Gypsy Blood (1956) — Director
16. My Child Must Live (1951) — Director
17. Ο άνεμος του μίσους (1954) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Experts on the Football Field (1956)