Nicholas Triandafyllidis Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Nicholas Triandafyllidis
Directing
Biography
Nikos Triantafyllidis (1966–2016) was a Greek artist, director and film producer. He was born in Chicago, United States, on September 9, 1966, the son of satirical artist Vasilis Triantafyllidis (Harry Klynn) and Chariklia Makri, who was a dancer. He studied sociology and communication at Panteion University of Athens and continued his studies at the International Film School in London between 1990 and 1992. His first short film was the short documentary Momus: Amongst Women Only, which was filmed as part of his internship during the third trimester of his studies in London. His graduation film Dogs Licking My Heart, starring jazz musician Blaine Reininger and Panagiotis Thanasoulis, won the First Prize for Fiction at the 7th Drama Greek Short Film Festival in 1993. The film was also screened at international festivals. In the same year, in 1993, he directed the black-and-white super 8 mm video clip for the song "You Don't Fit Anywhere" by the band Trypes. He also directed a short souvenir from the Trypes concert at the Marquee club in London. In 1995, he completed his first feature film for Radio Moscow.In 1996, Nikos Triantafyllidis filmed the TV movie The Overcoat for ET2, a free adaptation of the short story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol by himself and Evgenia Lyroudia. Nikos Triantafyllidis announced his return behind the camera as a director with the film The Sentimentalists. The film belongs to the film noir category, began shooting in 2012, was presented incompletely (as a work in progress) in 2013 and was first screened in its entirety in the main program (competition section) of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival in June 2014, to finally be screened in Greek theaters in October of the same year. He died on June 7, 2016 from cancer
Filmography Movies
Acting
Suntan
Kostis is a 40-year-old doctor that finds himself in the small island of Antiparos, in order to take over the local clinic. His whole life and routine will turn upside down when he meets an international group of young and beautiful tourists and he falls in love with Anna, a 19-year-old goddess.
Directing Hell
A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He illustrates a dark and pessimistic present and future, but also providing ambiguous hope for the end when his heroes find their escape in death. His films are shocking and contentious, raising questions during times when political visions start to fade away. His filming was poetic, dynamic and aesthetically beautiful in order to present situations on edge and elicit his audience's feelings. The aim of this project is to transfer his dynamics in a documentary that will convey some of his messages and create a platform for exchanging opinions among filmmakers from all over the world, in an effort to decipher his universe and his symbols as reflections of his unique and rare personality.
Addio Berlin
In order to shoot his first film, Alex decides to follow his agent's advice. Carrying his ambitious script, Alex arrives in Athens planning to meet an eccentric producer, but a couple of gangsters confuses him with "the man" they have been waiting from Berlin.
Thread
Niki is a resistance fighter living in a nightmarish dictatorship in Athens, 1972, and Lefteris is her son, who will be forced sooner or later to cut the thread that binds them together.
The Second Man
A self-destructive filmmaker trying to regain his dignity.
The Golden Grip
In the mid-1960s, Kostas left his village in Crete dreaming of becoming a star. His rugged physique and humble background afforded him only small “tough-guy” roles, yet in numerous Greek films – from big studio productions and renowned auteur masterpieces to low-budget exploitation films alike. By placing a support actor at centerstage, the film traces five decades of Greek cinema.
Production
Momus: Amongst Women Only
Nikos Triandafullidis made this short documentary in 1991 as part of his course work as a film student at the London International Film School. It focuses on accusations of sexism against the singer Momus by NME writer Betty Page, and gets evidence pro or contra from other female figures in Momus' life.
Black Milk
Alekos is a young writer, who faces a creative block, can not find any meaning and redemption in his reality, wasting himself among adventurous romances and dangerous friendships.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
Portrait of an important American musician through the testimonies of fellow musicians and people from his environment, but also through archival material and documents from various stages of his life and career.
The Sentimentalists
An aged, above suspicion, bourgeois man known as ‘The Master’ lives isolated in a luxurious beachfront villa with his teenage daughter. In reality, however, he is involved in an illicit trade in antiquities, acts as a loan shark, and trades antiquities on the black market. The ‘Master’ has two henchmen, Mercury and John, who both commit fatal mistakes. Mercury falls for the daughter of ‘Master’, while John becomes obsessed with a prostitute. Both of them, as ‘sentimentalists’, must be eliminated.
The Sentimentalists
An aged, above suspicion, bourgeois man known as ‘The Master’ lives isolated in a luxurious beachfront villa with his teenage daughter. In reality, however, he is involved in an illicit trade in antiquities, acts as a loan shark, and trades antiquities on the black market. The ‘Master’ has two henchmen, Mercury and John, who both commit fatal mistakes. Mercury falls for the daughter of ‘Master’, while John becomes obsessed with a prostitute. Both of them, as ‘sentimentalists’, must be eliminated.
Signs of Life
During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment. Stroszek eventually goes mad.
The Sentimentalists
An aged, above suspicion, bourgeois man known as ‘The Master’ lives isolated in a luxurious beachfront villa with his teenage daughter. In reality, however, he is involved in an illicit trade in antiquities, acts as a loan shark, and trades antiquities on the black market. The ‘Master’ has two henchmen, Mercury and John, who both commit fatal mistakes. Mercury falls for the daughter of ‘Master’, while John becomes obsessed with a prostitute. Both of them, as ‘sentimentalists’, must be eliminated.
90 Years of PAOK: Nostalgia for the Future
A documentary that chronicles the 90 years of history of the Greek sports club PAOK, not only in athletic but also in social and historical terms.
90 Years of PAOK: Nostalgia for the Future
A documentary that chronicles the 90 years of history of the Greek sports club PAOK, not only in athletic but also in social and historical terms.
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