- Vassilis Photopoulos
Vassilis Photopoulos ( _el. Βασίλης Φωτόπουλος) (b. 1934,
Kalamata - d.January 14 2007 ,Athens, Greece ) was an influential Greek painter,film director ,art director andset designer .He was an
Academy Award winner for the film "Zorba the Greek " for art direction.Vassilis Photopoulos was born in
Kalamata and studied painting at a very young age under Vangelis Drakos. He appeared for the first time on the Art scene as the stage designer for play "Servant Lady", in the "Athens Opera House".He also worked for the "National Greek Theatre", the "Public Theatre of Northern Greece", and the "Liberal Theatre".
In 1966 he worked with
Francis Ford Coppola in the film "You're a Big Boy Now", which starredGeraldine Page ,Rip Torn ,Karen Black ,Julie Harris andElizabeth Hartman (see [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061209] ).He died in Athens in 2007, aged 72.
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