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Melinda McGraw is a classically trained actress known for her range, playing a wide variety of roles in comedy and drama alike. Ms. McGraw grew up in the Boston area and was a member of the Boston Children's Theater. She attended Bennington College briefly until she was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Her schoolmates included Clive Owen and Ralph Fiennes, among several other notable talents. After appearing in many theatrical productions in London's West End and around the UK she returned to the States in 1990. Melinda McGraw was critically acclaimed for her turn as Bobbie Barrett in Season 2 of "Mad Men" which earned her a Screen Actors' Guild Award as part of the Best Ensemble Cast, as well as an OFTA Television Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2007). She is also known for her work as Barbara Gordon in "The Dark Knight," as Scott Bakula's love interest in AMC's "Men of a Certain Age," as Diane Gibbs-Fornell-Sterling in "NCIS" and as Dana's sister Melissa Scully in the "X-Files." She received a Best Supporting Actress Award from the Milan Film Festival for "Meeting Spencer" opposite Jeffery Tambor and Jesse Plemons. Ms. McGraw is married to composer/recording artist Steve Pierson and they have a daughter.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Hal Ozsan (b. Halil Ozsan) was born in Northern Cyprus and raised in the United Kingdom in the East London suburb of Havering.
He was educated at Brentwood School, Essex.
His first major recognition came for his role as Todd Carr (the on the final two seasons (2001-2003) of Dawson's Creek (1998) Following "The Creek", Ozsan appeared regularly as the playboy fallen angel, Azazel in ABCF's Fallen (2007), and as Cassidy, the double-dealing long lost brother of Kyle Traeger in the final season of Kyle Xy (2009) and as Miles Canon in 90210 (2008) Other notable television performances include a leading role as Joey DiMarco in CBS' critically acclaimed television movie remake of Helter Skelter (2004).
Ozsan's first film appearance came playing opposite Al Pacino in a supporting role in S1m0ne (2002).
Between 2006-2008, Ozsan took a virtual hiatus from acting to serve full-time, as singer-songwriter for LA based Rock 'n' Roll band, Poets and Pornstars, Signed to an independent record label, they received national radio airplay, a North American tour and prestigious opening slots for Bon Jovi; the re-formed Alice in Chains; Muse and others. Songs written by Ozsan have been featured films and television shows (So You Think You Can Dance, Californication, Little Athens, Undead or Alive.)
He currently lives in Hollywood, California.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Sarah-Jane Redmond was born in Cyprus. Sarah-Jane is arguably one of Canada's most recognizable, respected, and beloved leading ladies. Having been in the business for over 25 years, and amassing over 100 film and television credits, Sarah-Jane's experience is unparalleled. She has worked alongside the likes of Katie Holmes, Blake Lively, Reneé Zellwegger, and Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny on the famed "X-Files" (to name a few). Her most recent credits include a series regular on the Freeform series "Siren", recurring roles on "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina", and "The 100", and in 2021 shot 10 episodes on the award-winning Canadian series "Tribal". Her penchant for character driven roles, and ability to thrive in both dramatic and comedic environments, makes her one of the most versatile actresses out there. .Sarah-Jane is best known for her role as Lucy Butler on Chris Carter's critically acclaimed Millennium TV series, as well as her roles on The X-Files, The X Files: I Want to Believe, Siren, Harper's Island, Da Vinci's Inquest, Smallville and Alienated.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Hazar Erguclu was born in Northern Cyprus in 1993 and she completed her high school education at Yakin Dogu College. During this period, she was engaged in theater studies for youth in the Turkish Municipality of Nicosia. In 2010, she was before the cameras for the first time in a professional manner for the cinema movie named "Golgeler ve Suretler", directed by Dervis Zaim in 2010 and her character's name was Ruhsar. During the same period, Hazar Erguclu was accepted to Halic University Conservatory, Department of Theater and she attended there.
In 2011, she acted as Simay Candan in the TV series named "Kuzey Guney", which was directed by Mehmet Ada Oztekin.
In 2012, she was on cinema screen for the second time, acting as Sena in the movie named "Acliga Doymak", which was produced and directed by Zubeyir Sasmaz.
She has also acted as the character of Ayla in the movie named "Benim Dunyam", which was directed by Ugur Yucel in 2013 and she shared the leading roles with Beren Saat, Ugur Yucel and Ayca Bingol.
She has also acted as Eylul in the TV series named "Medcezir", which was directed by Ali Bilgin in 2013. Erguclu became well know with this project where she shared the lead roles with Cagatay Ulusoy, Serenay Sarikaya, Taner Olmez, Baris Falay and Metin Akdulger.
In 2015, she acted as Kader in the TV series named "Analar ve Anneler", which was directed by Mehmet Ada Oztekin.
In 2016, she had the lead role in the movie named "Dar Elbise", which was directed by Hiner Saleem.
In summer 2016, she acted as Cansu in the TV series named "Yuksek Sosyete", which was directed by Feride Kaytan.
In 2017, she has the lead role acting as Muzeyyen in the movie named "Kar", which was directed by Emre Erdogdu. With this performance, she was awarded with "Turkan Soray Promising Young Actress" and "Best Actress" titles in 54th National Contest Days. Also, she won the ''Best Actress'' award in 18th Frankfurt Turkish Film Festival.
She has acted as Seher in the project named "Hayat Sirlari", which was directed by Gul Oguz and Murat Can Oguz.
In January 2018, she acted as Melis in the Internet TV show named "Dudullu Postasi", which was inspired by the cartoons of Serkan Yilmaz and directed by Onur Unlu.
She has shared the lead role in cinema movies named "Mahalle", which was directed and also acted by Bugra Gulsoy and Serhat Teoman in March 2018.
She performed in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's movie ''The Wild Pear Tree'' in 2018.
Recently, her last movie ''Her Sey Seninle Guzel'' which is directed by Cem Karci was featured on cinema.
In December, her last Tv Series ''Protector'' will be aired in Netflix. It is directed by Can Evrenol, Umut Aral and Gonenc Uyanik, and she shares the leading roles with Cagatay Ulusoy, Yurdaer Okur and Ayca Aysin Turan.- Actor
- Writer
Phaedros Stassinos was a Greek-Cypriot actor whose international stage name was Paul Stassino. He was born in Cyprus but at age 17 left for the U.K. to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Spent most of his acting career in Britain. He appeared in British TV dramas such as Danger Man (1960) and The Saint (1962). Best known performance was in the James Bond film Thunderball (1965) when he played two parts, Major François Derval and Angelo Palazzi. Other roles include "Le Pirate" in That Riviera Touch (1966), and the first officer of the Colombian ship Paloma in Tiger Bay (1959). Left the U.K in the seventies to manage a casino in Athens, Greece. In the 1980s returned to his homeland of Cyprus. He had three children from two marriages: two from his British first wife, who live in the U.K. and one, from his Greek second wife, who lives in Greece.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Haris Zambarloukos was born on 11 March 1970 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Belfast (2021), Cinderella (2015) and Death on the Nile (2022).- Actor
- Additional Crew
George Pastell was a Cypriot character actor in British films and television programs. His real name was Nino Pastellides.
He made his film debut in Give Us This Day (1949), under his real name of Nino Pastellides, and went on to carve out a career as villains in film and television. Although Greek, he was often cast by Hammer Film Productions as Eastern characters such as Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959), the High Priest of Kali in The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), and Hashmi Bey in The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964).
His exotic looks often saw him cast in spy movies of the sixties such as From Russia with Love (1963), The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965), A Man Could Get Killed (1966), That Riviera Touch (1966), and Deadlier Than the Male (1967).
As well as these film roles he could also be seen as the villain in numerous television series of the sixties including Danger Man (1960), The Avengers (1961), Doctor Who (1963), The Champions (1968), The Saint (1962), and Department S (1969).
Pastellides was most prolific, however, in his voice-over work, replacing hundreds of other actors' voices (some of them very famous) in films as disparate as El Cid (1961) as "Fañez", You Only Live Twice (1967) as "Tiger Tanaka, and Doctor Zhivago (1965) as "The Girl's (the character played by Rita Tushingham) boyfriend", earning him the sobriquet "the 'Paul Frees (I)' of Britain."- Director
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- Producer
Michael Cacoyannis was born on 11 June 1922 in Limassol, Cyprus. He was a director and writer, known for Zorba the Greek (1964), Electra (1962) and Eroika (1960). He died on 25 July 2011 in Athens, Greece.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Chad Hartigan was born on 31 August 1982 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a director and writer, known for Little Fish (2020), Morris from America (2016) and This Is Martin Bonner (2013).- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Dome Karukoski moved to Finland from Cyprus, when he was 5. His mother is a Finnish journalist and his father an American actor.
He is bilingual with Swedish and Finnish.
He was selected to the University of Art and Design of Helsinki in 1999. That year, three students were selected to become students majoring in directing.
Tyttö, sinä olet tähti was Karukoski's graduation film.- Feri Cansel was born on 7 June 1944 in Nicosia, Cyprus. She was an actress, known for Son Söz Benim (1970), Jilet Kazim (1971) and Püsküllü Bela (1970). She was married to ???. She died on 2 September 1983 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Angie Bowie was born on 25 September 1949 in Ayios Dhometios, Nicosia, Cyprus. She is an actress, known for Eat the Rich (1987), La Funcionaria Asesina (2009) and David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust (2006). She was previously married to David Bowie.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Yannis Economides was born in Cyprus in 1967. In 1987 he moved to Athens, Greece, to pursue studies in law, but almost immediately quit law school to study filmmaking instead.
After making several documentaries and short films, in 2003 he wrote and directed his first feature film, the iconic MATCHBOX. His second feature, SOUL KICKING, premiered at the International Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival in 2006. His third feature, KNIFER, premiered at Busan International Film Festival in 2010 and went on to win seven Greek Film Academy Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. His fourth feature, STRATOS, had its world premiere in the Official Competition of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014.
In 2016 Yannis Economides wrote and directed his first play, SLEEP, STELLA, SLEEP for the New Stage of the National Theatre in Athens, which became a huge critical and commercial hit.
His latest feature, BALLAD FOR A PIERCED HEART, premiered in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and managed to become a box office hit in Greece. The film received 15 Greek Film Academy nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
All five of his feature films have been honored with the Greek Film Critics Association Award for Best Greek Feature Film of the Year and have screened at several prestigious international film festivals.
In November 2022, MATCHBOX - THE MUSICAL, premiered at the main stage of "Onassis Stegi", in libretto and artistic direction by Yannis Economides.
Currently, he is preparing his next feature, entitled BROKEN VEIN.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Born in 1964 in Famagusta, North Cyprus, Dervish Zaim graduated from Warwick University. He took a course in independent film production, organized in London by the Hollywood Film Institute. In 1995 his first novel won the prestigious "Yunus Nadi" literary prize in Turkey. Tabutta Rövasata (Somersault in a Coffin) is his debut as director and screenwriter.- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Actor
Steve Punt was born on 15 September 1962 in Dhekelia Cantonment, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Cyprus. He is a writer and actor, known for Carrott Confidential (1987), Spine Chillers (2003) and Now, Something Else (1986).- Actor
- Writer
Osman Alkas was born on 3 November 1955 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is an actor and writer, known for Mortal World (2018), Life (2023) and Bir Baba Hindu (2016).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Since graduating from London's prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama, Andrew has enjoyed a high profile and varied career in the U.K, successfully combining acting, writing and directing.
As an actor, his theatre work includes stints at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre (Shakespeare's `Hamlet', Mamet's `Sexual Perversity in Chicago', Gogol's `The Government Inspector) and at The Warehouse (as Heathcliffe in Bronte's `Wuthering Heights'). On Television, he has guest-starred in the award winning series `Inspector Morse' and 'Widows', but is perhaps best known for playing the leading role of 'Nick Georgiadis' in the highly successful ITV series, 'London's Burning', the longest running filmed television drama in UK history and regularly nominated for the UK Television awards. As a result of eight seasons and 96 episodes in the series, he became one of the most recognized actors on UK television.
Alongside his regular acting work, he also developed a very successful writing and directing career, which encompassed numerous theatre productions, including a double bill of his own one-act plays (Break In and Whatever Gets You Through The Night) for The Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as a production of Kevin Cotter's play, 'The Nonsense', at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.
His television writing credits include original single films for both the BBC ('One Last Chance') and Channel 4 ('Family'). His screenwriting credits include the feature film adaptation of Leon De Winter's best-selling novel 'SuperTex' produced for CanalPlus by Haig Balian and directed by award-winning German director Jan Schuette, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Andrew combined his screenwriting and directing roles for the first time to make a short film, 'Gooseberries Don't Dance', (starring Sir Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton), which was selected to launch the British Short Film Festival and has since received numerous invitations to major International Film Festivals world wide. 'Gooseberries Don't Dance' was also honoured at the St. Louis International Film Festival and selected for screening in New York and Los Angeles in the First Film Foundation's New Directors' programme.
'Everything' - his second short film as writer/director, won a Silver Remi at WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival and has also received numerous invitations to other major festivals, including Palm Springs Short Film Festival, Los Angeles Short Film Festivals, St. Louis International Film Festival and has also been chosen by the British Council for the Crossroad of Ideas Film Programme.
During his multi-faceted career, he also spent time at the Riverside Studio in London developing new writing, worked with drama students at both The Central School and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and was invited to be a member the Film Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain.
Andrew is currently in pre-production for the full length feature "Trust Me" due to start filming in June 2005.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Leon Redbone was born on 26 August 1949 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He was an actor and composer, known for Elf (2003), 50 First Dates (2004) and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010). He was married to Beryl Handler,. He died on 30 May 2019 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.- Alkis Kritikos was born on 1 October 1947 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is an actor, known for For Your Eyes Only (1981), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) and Rumpole of the Bailey (1978).
- Emily Koliandri was born on 18 September 1979 in Limassol, Cyprus. She is an actress, known for Kane oti koimasai (2022), Erotas meta (2019) and 4 (2009).
- Director
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Johnny Kevorkian was born in 1972 in Cyprus. Johnny was a director and writer, known for Await Further Instructions (2018), The Disappeared (2008) and Georgie. Johnny died on 4 November 2020.- Composer
- Music Department
- Sound Department
Recipient of the Jerry Goldsmith Award and the International Film Music Critics Award, George Kallis's scores span the globe.
George has taken over scoring duties for the wildly popular film franchise to "After" starting with After We Fell, directed by Castille Landon, coming to theaters September 2021. Previously he composed the score for the box office hit The Last Warrior: The Root of Evil for Walt Disney Pictures CIS with the soundtrack being released worldwide by Walt Disney Records. His score for the biopic sports drama Lev Yashin:The Dream Goalkeeper about the superstar goalkeeper earned George rave reviews, as well as his music for the black comedy American Sausage Standoff (Gutterbee), directed by Ulrich Thomsen. Amongst his latest work was the score and title song I'll Wait for You for Cliffs of Freedom, starring Christopher Plummer and Billy Zane, which received award nominations at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
Disney' first installment for the live-action fantasy The Last Warrior, earned George a Jerry Goldsmith Award for Best Music for a Feature Film. His other fantasy scoring work includes the Albion The Enchanted Stallion starring John Cleese, Debra Messing, and Jennifer Morrison which earned him the Breakthrough Composer of the Year award at the International Film Music Critics Awards.
George has written TV music for Emmy and Bafta award-winning programs, such as the opening titles music for BBC Horizon, for its 40th-anniversary celebration, and My Life on CBBC. His commercial work includes music for brands such as McDonald's, Mitsubishi, Lexus and Toshiba, and trailer music includes placements for Black Adam, Mandela Long Walk To Freedom, The Visit and 47 Ronin.
Other accolades include Best Music and Sound Design at the Los Angeles Film Awards for the historical drama The Black Prince and Best Score Award at the Underground Cinema Festival for Blight . He has been nominated twice for an African Academy Movie Award for his scores 93 Days, starring Danny Glover, and A Place in the Stars.
George was born on the island of Cyprus where musically west meets east. As a songwriter he represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest. He has studied film composition at Berklee College of Music with a masters degree in composition from The Royal College of Music.
George was born on the island of Cyprus where musically west meets east. As a songwriter he represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest. He has studied film composition at Berklee College of Music with a masters degree in composition from The Royal College of Music.- Sotiris Moustakas was born on 17 September 1940 in Lemessos, Cyprus. He was an actor, known for An itan to violi pouli... (1984), Athina, i klopi tis odou Stadiou (1968) and O Tsitsiolinos (1987). He was married to Maria Bonelou and Maria Bonellou. He died on 4 June 2007 in Athens, Greece.
- Cleo Demetriou was born on 23 April 2001 in Limassol, Cyprus. She is an actress, known for Still So Awkward (2021), Cleo Demetriou: Made of Paper (2013) and So Awkward Academy (2024).
- Actor
- Writer
Andreas Christodoulos Tselepos was born in Nicosia, capital of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. After serving two years in the Cyprus National Guard as a Tank Corps Commander, he moved to New York where he received his BFA in Theatre Arts, Performance Sequence at Hofstra University (2004), studied under Richard Southern at the School for Film and Television and got his MFA in Theatre Directing, at the New School for Drama, Actors Studio Drama School (2008).
During his years in New York, he acted in numerous theatrical productions Off-off Broadway and Off-Broadway. In 2002 and 2004 he received the Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding participation in the Hofstra Theatre Productions of "Stage Door", "Romeo and Juliet", "Smile" and "Hedda Gabler". In 2003 he won the Best Actor Award for his work in "The Three Sisters".
He was one of the Founders and Directors of Midas Touch Productions, a Theatre Production Company based in Cyprus and the UK producing classical theatre plays that toured the ancient amphitheaters of Cyprus. He is a member of the Greek Cultural Center of New York, were he worked as an Actor and a Director. Tselepos is also one of the Founders of the-NEST, a Harlem-based nonprofit theater company committed to the development of contemporary and innovative theater.
He was a faculty member and a Professor at Hofstra University, Department of Drama and Dance, where he was teaching Acting and Theatre Appreciation.
2010 marked his return to his homeland, Cyprus, where he started working as an actor at the National Theatre of Cyprus (THOC). There, he has appeared in over 20 theatrical productions, he has worked with all major TV Networks and he is now starring at Alpha TV Network dark comedy series, "Camping" (2021). He is also a Professor at "Vladimiros Kafkarides" Drama School, where he is teaching Acting.
In 2017, he was nominated for the Best Actor Award, for his work in "Demonen" and in 2018 he received the prestigious Artist of the Year Award, at the Cyprus Theatre Awards.
He is the President of the Actors Union Cyprus (AUC) proud member of the International Federation of Actors (FIA).- Mihalis Marinos a Greek-Cypriot actor born in Amohostos, Cyprus. He moved with his family and grew up in Alexandroupoli, Greece. He is a graduate of the Drama School of Athens (1998) and Athens University of Economics (1992).
- Writer
- Producer
Theo Paphitis was born on 24 September 1959 in Limassol, Cyprus. He is a writer and producer, known for Boux Avenue's Queen (2018), Comic Relief 2009 (2009) and Children in Need 2010 (2010). He has been married to Debbie ? since 1979. They have five children.- Berkay Tulumbaci was born on 8 June 1991 in Northern Cyprus. He is an actor, known for Güldür Güldür Show (2013), Kara Ekmek (2015) and Atesböcegi (2017).
- Director
- Producer
- Production Manager
Petros' early exposure to photography, theatre and art, as well as his need for emotional and visual expression led him to Hollywood where he studied film and television directing at the California State University.
Since 2000, he is working as a freelance film director shooting commercials and narratives.
Some of his commercials were nominated and awarded in various competitions.
His first feature film "Boy on the Bridge" had its world premiere in Rome Film Festival 2016, Greek Premiere at Thessaloniki Film Festival 2016 and received Best Film Award from Panorama of European Cinema Film Festival in Athens. Also nominated for Best First Time Director Award at the Hellenic Film Academy's IRIS Awards. The film has participated so far in more than 50 festival winning 13 awards.
Patchwork, his second feature film, had its world premiere in the East of the West competition section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2021.
He directed the small opera "Epitafios", the play "Historias Paralelas" and for the 24hours plays the theatre performance "Hearts at 950 degrees Celcius" and the play Your Molotov Kisses. In September 2022 he directed the performance "My Room is Not a Stage" as part of the Kypria International festival in Cyprus.
He was the artistic director of the children's section of Cyprus Film Days and organized the European Film Academy Young Audience Award from 2019 to 2021 in Cyprus.
He is in development for his new feature film entitled "4 Hours".- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Stavros Kazantzidis is a multi-award winning screenwriter, director and producer with over 25 years of experience. He is most notable for his films Love and Other Catastrophes, with Frances O'Conner , Radha Mitchell and Matt Day, True Love and Chaos with Hugo Weaving, Naveen Andrews, Ben Mendelsohn, Noah Taylor, and Maranda Otto, Strange Planet starring Naomi Watts, and Russian , staring Hugo Weaving, the winner of the Australian Film Institute Awards 'Best Original Screenplay.' His writing credits include thriller In the Cut starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo for Jane Campion, and war-epic The True Story of Nancy Wake (in development) for producer Sue Millikan (Black Robe). Recently, he helped finance the Australian B.O. hit Ladies in Black.- Actress
- Music Department
- Composer
Anna Vissi was born on the beautiful, coastal town of Larnaca, on the island of Cyprus, in the Eastern Mediterranean. Father, Nestor Vissis owned a small supermarket and mother Sophia was a housewife with a soft spot for singing. She passed this strong love for music on to her three daughters Lia, Anna and Nicki. Anna showed promise in singing at an early age whereas her older sister Lia Vissi showed considerable talent as a pianist. Together,in their teens, they formed "The Vissi sisters" and toured Cyprus, singing at local festivals, singing mostly Greek folk songs. Anna'organized by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. Father Nestor closed his shop and moved his family to Athens where his three daughters finished their high-school education and Anna signed her first recording contract at sixteen. Soon she was singing with two of the biggest stars of the Greek music scene George Dalaras s big break came in 1973 when she won a sing-a-song competition for young talents' and Haris Alexiou. In 1983 she married rock composer Nikos Karvelas and through his influence, her career took a completely different turn. Gone were the days of the very clean and somewhat square fresh-faced young girl from Cyprus. Anna suddenly began showing more leg and more cleavage and - most importantly - began singing pop-ish songs. The nineties were really her decade as she produced one hit-album after another, usually with husband Nikos as composer-lyricist. She also appeared in two original Broadway-style musicals "Demons" and "Mala" (written by her husband as star-vehicles for her) with great success. After the death of Greek mega-star Aliki Vougiouklaki (in 1996), Anna became the darling of the Greek press who now dubbed her "mega-star", constantly appearing on covers and in fashion spreads of the most important Greek magazines.- Editorial Department
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- Producer
Rami Pantoja was born on 25 October 1987 in Cyprus. He is a producer, known for Isle of Dogs (2018), Lucky Break (2020) and Lockwood & Co. (2023).- Kostas Kazakas was born on 31 March 1963 in Cyprus. He is an actor, known for Sympetheroi apo ta Tirana (2021), Paramythi... allios (2017) and Vals me 12 Theous (2012).
- Archbishop Makarios is possibly one of the most famous Cypriots. Born in 1913, he became a Greek Orthodox cleric. In 1950, he was voted as Archbishop of Cyprus. During this part of the century, he became involved in the Cypriot movement for "enosis" (i.e., re-union of Cyprus with Greece), called EOKA. Because of their ideals, and his, the British colonists of Cyprus arrested him in 1956 and sent him into detention in Mauritius, on the suspicion of terrorist activities. He later tended to lean on Cypriot independence, rather than enosis. Britain agreed to hold a presidential election in 1959, not long after his return, for which he was a candidate. His main contender was Ioannas Clerides. Makarios won the vote and took office as President of Cyprus in August 1960, when independence was granted. His vice-president was the Turkish Cypriot Fasil Kuçuk. Despite his appointment of a Turkish Cypriot as vice president, tensions between the two groups on the island remained strong. He was commonly nicknamed "Castro of the Meditteranean", because of his ideologies had something in common with the Cuban prime minister, coming to power about the same time as Makarios. When his mandate was due to end in 1965, it was expanded to 1968. Again, he won this late election. In 1974, he was briefly forced out of office when Turkish forces invaded Cyprus, and they placed a Turkish president. After several weeks, Makarios returned. A year later, the Turks created a separate territory in the North, an area now known as the TRNC. In 1977, he held negotiations with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash to arrange a ceasefire. A few weeks later, on the 3rd August, Makarios died.
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- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Costume Designer, Jo Katsaras, first gathered worldwide recognition when she garnered an Emmy® nomination for her striking costumes in Oscar® winner, Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient") on the HBO/BBC pilot of "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency".
Jo was born in Cyprus in 1966 and has been living in South Africa since she was 5 years old. Growing up as an immigrant in the vibrant 70's lifestyle in Johannesburg has given Jo a rich cross-cultural influence to her work. As a child she showed a natural talent for cutting patterns; often she would get friends to lie down on a piece of fabric and cut around them.
Jo's frequent visits to Cyprus during her childhood, and her British education at The English Grammar School in Limassol exposed her to various cultures, a global view, and an intense fascination with foreign lands. After completing her schooling at the National School of Arts in Johannesburg, Jo seriously considered a career in architecture but instead chose to travel the world before furthering her studies. It was through her father's insistence that she get a qualification that she could fall back on, that changed the course of her life. Taking her natural talent to the next level, Jo enrolled at Fashion school, and, given her ability to draw, sew and cut patterns, she completed a three-year fashion diploma in only one year. Returning from her travels, Jo entered the world of fashion working as a Senior Designer at a large clothing manufacturer. However, she soon discovered that her true interest lay in composing individual wardrobes. For her, designing unique clothes that define a character was far more challenging on a creative level than turning out mass garments.
Film, therefore, was a natural progression for Jo, who found ultimate expression for her creativity through this medium. After making her debut as a Costume Designer in the South African box office hit, "There's a Zulu on My Stoep," (Yankee Zulu in the international market), Jo broadened her career in the entertainment industry by working in Commercials and Television. Jo is renowned for her use of color and texture in costumes, and her inherent understanding of the film medium led to a meteoric rise through the ranks and within eighteen months of entering the film industry, Jo tackled her first production as a Head of Department.
Jo's motion picture credits include "Mary & Martha" starring Oscar® winner, Hilary Swank, directed by Australian filmmaker, Phillip Noyce, whose "Rabbit Proof Fence" accumulated a slew of global film awards. Jo's other movies are "The Borrowers" with Stephen Fry; "Half a Yellow Sun" starring Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Eijifor ("12 Years a Slave"), and BAFTA winner, Thandie Newton ("Crash"); Sony Pictures' 'Running Wild' helmed by Jean Jacques Annaud ("Seven Years in Tibet"); Village Roadshow's "Tarzan and the Lost City" (with Casper van Dien and Jane March); the South African box office phenomenon,"Mr. Bones"; and the Disney IMAX feature "The Young Black Stallion". This was followed by multiple award nominee filmmakers, John Boorman's "Country of My Skull", with Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche; and Alcon Entertainment's "Racing Stripes", with Bruce Greenwood ("Double Jeopardy") and Hayden Pannieterre ("Heroes").
In 2007 Jo worked with Anthony Minghella on the HBO and BBC pilot of "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" starring Jill Scott, Anika Noni-Rose, Colin Salmon, Golden Globe® nominee David Oyelowa ("Selma") and Golden Globe® winner, Idris Elba ("Luther"). In 2008 Jo continued the work she had created on the "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" starring pilot show and designed 6 more episodes, and in 2009 she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Costumes for a Series at the 61st Emmys. She was also invited by The Costume Designer's Guild of America to exhibit those costumes at FIDM in Los Angeles in July of 2009 alongside her fellow Emmy nominees. Jo's further Award recognition includes a nomination by the Costume Designer's Guild of America for "Outstanding Contemporary Costumes" (2010). In April 2010, Jo received the Madame Figaro "Woman of the Year" award in Cyprus.
Jo's Televison Credits include HBO's "The Leftovers" starring Liv Tyler, Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Emmy® award winner Regina King, Anne Dowd, Christopher Eccleston, Margaret Qualley, Scott Glen, Carrie Coon and Jovan Adepo working closely with show runner Damon Lindelof and supervising director Mimi Leder. AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead", starring Kim Dickens, Alicia Debnam-Carey, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane and Colman Domingo directed by Andrew Bernstein and written by Dave Erickson.
"To work on films was to enter a world of fantasy," says Katsaras. "You are given the opportunity to create fabulous costumes for unique characters. I love the idea that one can distil an entire character into their wardrobe and the results are preserved forever on celluloid." * * * Jo is represented by Claire Best and Associates.- Producer
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Savvas Stavrou was born on 16 November 1988 in Limassol, Cyprus. Savvas is a producer and director, known for Buffer Zone (2023), Fistikia Aiginis (2019) and Song to the Siren (2010).- Cinematographer
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Simon Raby was born on 21 January 1961 in Akrotiri, Cyprus. He is a cinematographer and assistant director, known for Mortal Engines (2018), Elysium (2013) and District 9 (2009).- He was born in Nicosia in 1961. He was graduated from MimarSinan University State Conservatoire Drama School in 1983. He started acting in Istanbul State Theatre in 1983. He is still working in the same theatre as an actor and a director. He directed the following theatre plays: "Hosu'nun Utanci/ Shame of Hosu" in Istanbul State Theatre,"Yasar Ne Yasar Ne Yasamaz" in Trabzon State Theatre, Adana State Theatre, Bursa State Theatre and Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Theatre and "Yolcu/ The Passenger" adapted from Mevlana's Mesnevi in Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Theatre. He also directed the plays "Deli Ibrahim/Ibrahim the Mad" in Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Theatre, "Kanli Nigar/Bloody Nigar" in Bursa State Theatre, "Esegin Golgesi/ The Shadow of the Donkey" and "Gözlerimi Kaparim, Vazifemi Yaparim/ I Close My Eyes and Do My Duty" in Ankara State Theatre.
He was awarded as the best actor for his performance in RehaErdem's movie "Mommy, I'm scared " in both International Nurnberg Film Festival and International Ankara Film Festival. He was also awarded as the best actor for his performance in Tolga Ornek's movie "Devrim Arabalari/ Cars of the Revolution". He narrated the fairy tales "Peter and the Wolf" with Istanbul Symphonic Orchestra in 2011 and "Nasreddin Hodja" with Bursa Symphonic Orchestra in 2013. He worked as an acting teacher in Eskisehir AnotoliaUniversity State Conservatoire for five years. He has been teaching in Bahcesehir University for seven years. He also has been working as a dubbing artist and acting in various TV series and movies. He's married with one child. - Music Department
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Mihalis Hatzigiannis was born on 5 November 1979 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a composer and actor, known for Mia melissa ton Avgousto (2007), R20 (2004) and O giteftis (2007).- Actor
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Mick Karn was born on 24 July 1958 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He was an actor and composer, known for Identification of a Woman (1982), Japan: Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) and Japan: I Second That Emotion (1980). He died on 4 January 2011 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.- Actor
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Polo, born Marinos Aristidou in Limassol, Cyprus is a Greek-Cypriot artist in the fields of Singing, Songwriting, Modeling and Acting and is also involved in Aviation, Fitness and Sports Journalism. He is the son of Rea Aristidou and Polis Aristidou. After suffering his fathers loss from cancer back in 2017, he decided to convert his nickname as Polo, honoring his father's (Polis) legacy through his name.
Polo has been involved professionally in singing since 2014 while in parallel learning how to play the guitar, which has contributed to his songwriting ( Music & Lyrics ) skills. He collaborated with multiple well known Artists in Greece, including Sin Boy, Tus, Harry Varthakouris, Sugar Boy , epimtx and MarioTube. His biggest success to date is the song Nargile ( Featuring SugarBoy), a hit that reached the number 1 place of the Official Spotify Playlist ( Cyprus Viral 50 ), helping the Greek - Cypriot artist to gain publicity and perform in multiple stages in Greece and Cyprus.
In 2019 he moves to Los Angeles to wide his Artistic horizons further from the European audience to be able not only to perform as a singer in English but also get involved in Acting. He immediately managed to book several Acting & Commercial roles, though the pandemic situation forced him to return back in Europe where he was fully active in music, launching several hits ( Nargile , Methysmenos, Testosterone).
In 2022, after the situation stabilized, Polo didn't hesitate to return back in Los Angeles as a UCLA Ext. student for the Acting certificate. In parallel, he initiated his Aviation Classes.
Polo is on a mission of utilizing all of his Talents, appearance, studies and skills to further enhance his value as a competitive asset for future Roles to come.- Director
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Constantinos Isaias was born in Cyprus and studied drama in Greece. He worked as assistant director in successful TV series. He performed in theater companies in Greece in productions such as "The Clockwork Orange", and "Hamlet B'", and was also featured in several TV Shows in Greece and he was part of the movie "El Greco". Following his passion for classic cinema and documentaries, move to US and he studied film at New York Film Academy. He started directing his own short films, the name of few: "As a last Resort", "The Vengeance", "Sacred Whispers". But his career took a turn when his love of history and researching and documenting history made him to create and produce his own documentaries. "Civil Rights Movement: Roadtrip to historic landmark and location", "Emmett Till & the 50th Anniversary of the March in Washington". He also produced for the Orpheus Awards at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival the honorary award tribute videos "Tribute to George Chakiris", "Tribute to Valorie". His most recent work was his investigation interview with Michael Jackson's Nephew Taj Jackson "Who was Michael Jackson".- Actress
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Dora Kakouratou was born on 25 December 1944 in Limassol, Cyprus. She was an actress and writer, known for Oi diplares (1994), Proti stagona (2014) and Tin patisa (2007). She died on 14 December 2022 in Nicosia, Cyprus.- Actor
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Louis Costa was born on 3 August 1989 in Larnaca, Cyprus. He is an actor, known for Lost in Space (1998), Alastor and Picnic in Gaza (2016).- Director
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Taylor Jayne Claxton was born on 7 January 1999 in Akrotiri, Cyprus. She is a director and actress, known for Unrequited (2016), Edge (2017) and Spellbound (2023).- Editor
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Dinos Katsouridis was born in 1927 in Lefkosia, Cyprus. He was an editor and cinematographer, known for Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi (1971), Adistaktoi (1965) and Anna's Engagement (1972). He died on 28 November 2011 in Athens, Greece.- Thodoros Moridis was a Greek actor who made his first appearance in 1924 with the Aimilios Veakis - Christoforos Nezer troupe in the play "For Her Love". With them, he co-starred in Sophocles's "Oedipus Rex" among others. With the troupe of Kyveli, he played in "Madame X" (1927) and the following year in Euripides "Iphigenia in Tauris" with Eleni Halkousi, with whom he would collaborated again later. He was a key member of Vasilis Rotas's "Laiko Theatre" and in 1932 he collaborated for the first time with Marika Kotopouli while in 1936 he began his collaboration with Katerina Andreadi in whose troupe he remained until 1943, performing many important roles in major works of world drama (The Lady of the Camellias, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Hedda Gabler, Pygmalion, The Lady from the Sea, Nora, etc.). In Katerina's troupe he also met and loved Joly Garbi, with whom he was together for 60 years on stage and in life. This was followed by collaborations with the Manolidou - Veakis - Pappa troupe (1943-44) (The Shepherdess's Lover), with the "United Artists" (1945-46) (Julius Caesar, Enemies by Maxim Gorky, Brothers Karamazov, Von Dimitrakis etc.), with the "Thymeli Troupe", alongside Mimis Fotopoulos and Nikos Hatziskos, where he played Polonius in Hamlet (1955), with the "Greek People's Theater" of Manos Katrakis (The Last Temptation of Christ, The Idiot, Queen Amalia), alongside Antigoni Valakou, Mary Aroni (Manto Mavrogenous), and Elsa Vergi. From 1961 to 1983 he joined the power of the National Theatre, performing dozens of important roles in Ancient Greek and international drama (Ajax, Agamemnon, The Trojan Women, Philoctetes, Medea, Rosmersholm, O vasilikos, Demons, The Tempest, The Cherry Orchard, Mary Stuart etc.). Right after, he participated in The Master Builder,Dimitris Horn's last performance. This was followed by Strange Interlude with Alekos Alexandrakis and Nonika Galinea, Oedipus at Colonus with the "Empiric Troupe" of Alexis Minotis, collaborations with Danis Katranidis, Marietta Rialdi and Giorgos Mesalas. In the cinema, he participated in many films from 1948 to the 1970s as well as on television.
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Savvas Christou has been experimenting with filmmaking since high school. His lifelong passion led him to move to Los Angeles in 2016 to study Filmmaking at NYFA. Since then he has written and directed 13 short films, 5 of which were awarded in local and international film festivals. One of his latest ones, A Scream That's Trapped Inside' (2017) was awarded as the 'Best Short Film' in 19 Festivals all around the world. After completing the festival circuit the short film got its first distribution with Meridian Releasing Group for their MGR Collective "Horror Volume II" and its second with Four Thieves Productions - can be seen in "Hyvio" streaming platform and it's third by Filmeraa. His feature debut film "Captive" AKA "Katherine's Lullaby" is released by Vertical Entertainment.- Director
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Muge Ugurlar was born on 8 June 1985 in Cyprus. Muge is a director and production designer, known for Love Doesn't Understand Words (2016), Derûn and Iliski Durumu: Karisik (2015).- Writer
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Tonia Buxton was born on 12 May 1968 in Cyprus. She is a writer and producer, known for My Greek Kitchen (2006), My Cypriot Kitchen (2010) and Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds (2013). She has been married to Paul Buxton since 13 July 1995. They have four children.