Theo Angelopoulos began to study law in Athens but broke up his studies to go to the Sorbonne in Paris in order to study literature. When he had finished his studies, he wanted to attend the School of Cinema at Paris but decided instead to go back to Greece. There he worked as a journalist and critic for the newspaper "Demokratiki Allaghi" until it was banned by the military after a coup d'état. Now unemployed, he decided to make his first movie, Anaparastasi (1970). Internationally successful was his trilogy about the history of Greece from 1930 to 1970 consisting of Meres tou '36 (1972), O thiasos (1975), and Oi kynigoi (1977). After the end of the dictatorship in Greece, Angelopoulos went to Italy, where he worked with RAI (and more money). His movies then became less political.
Ancient student at L'IDHEC (La FEMIS)Biography in John Wakeman, editor, "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985," pp. 55-59. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1978Works frequently with composer Eleni Karaindrou .Often works with cinematographer Giorgos Arvanitis and Andreas Sinanos , composer Eleni Karaindrou , sound mixer Thanassis Arvanitis , set designer Mikes Karapiperis , writers Tonino Guerra , Petros Markaris , Thanassis Valtinos and film editor Giorgos Triandafyllou .
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40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes. The results run the gamut from Zhang Yimou's convention-thwarting joke to David Lynch's bizarre miniature epic.