Stavros Psyllakis

Stavros Psyllakis

Personal information

Known for
Directing
Known credits
18
Gender
Male
Born
January 30, 1954
Place of birth
Chania, Crete, Greece
Also known as
Σταύρος ΨυλλάκηςStavros Psillakis

Biography

Stavros Psyllakis (Chania, January 30, 1954) is a Greek director and producer of anthropocentric documentaries that usually focus on borderline situations of human existence. He has been honored with awards in Greece and abroad, with the most important being the 1st Documentary Award of the Hellenic Film Academy in 2010 for the documentary THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY.

He is considered one of the pioneers in Greece in the anthropocentric documentary, with a rich work of over 40 films, in which the films stand out: THE MAN WHO DISTURBED THE UNIVERSE, THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY, METAXA listening to time, OLYMPIA, SMALL STORIES ROMA, TO MESA FOS as well as the trilogy "ODES TO EXISTENCE" which includes the films GIA CHORIS GHORIS GOUOUS meetings with Giorgos Maniatis, OFEILI, APOCHERETISMOS the memory of the place He is a founding member of the Hellenic Film Academy (H.E.A.K.) and the Hellenic Documentary Association (H.E.N.).

Popular

Alps
Movie
2011

Alps

Movie · 2011

Backdoor
Movie
2000

Backdoor

Movie · 2000

In This Land Nobody Knew How to Cry
Movie
2018

In This Land Nobody Knew How to Cry

Movie · 2018

There Was No Other Way
Movie
2009

There Was No Other Way

Movie · 2009

The Giraffe
Movie
2021

The Giraffe

Movie · 2021

The Light Inside
Movie
2016

The Light Inside

Movie · 2016

Filmography

Directing

14 titles

Writing

10 titles

Editing

4 titles

Production

4 titles

Acting

3 titles

Sound

2 titles

Crew

1 titles

Camera

1 titles