Thanasis Arvanitis

Biography:

Thanasis Arvanitis (Θανάσης Αρβανίτης) was lucky enough to catch the golden age of Greek cinema, towards its end, and to become a professional at the historic Finos Film, working alongside experienced technicians and well-known stars including Alekos Alexandrakis, Maro Kontou, Giorgos Konstantinou, Elena Nathanail, etc. in films such as "Santa Claus Wakes Up", "An Italian Woman from the Beehive", etc. He continued to develop into one of the best professionals in the genre. It is no coincidence that the most important Greek directors chose him for their work. Among them are the multi-award-winning Theodoros Angelopoulos with whom he collaborated in “The Troupe” and “Journey to Kythera”, Gilles Dassin in “The Cry of Women” with Melina Mercouri, the internationally renowned Costas Gavras in the 2009 Greek-French film “Paradise in the West”, Stavros Tsiolis in “The Little Fugitive”, Thanasis Vengos in “Thou – Vo Bald Agent – ​​Operation: Earth Midian”, Nikos Koundrouros in “Ballad of a Possessed Man”, Pantelis Voulgaris in “Happy Day”, Nikos Panagiotopoulos in “The Lazy Ones of the Fertile Valley”, Nikos Nikolaidis in “The Sweet Gang”, Lakis Papastathis in “Weather of the Greeks" but also Nikos Perrakis, Tasos Boulmetis and many more.