Giannis Dalianidis

Giannis Dalianidis (Greek: Γιάννης Δαλιανίδης; 31 December 1923 – 16 October 2010^{[1] [2]} ) was a Greek film director.

His first film was Mousitsa, released in 1959, which was followed by a series of musicals.^[2] Between 1974 and 1981, he produced the television series Luna Park.^[2] In 2002, he was dubbed a "national film hero" at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival.^[2]

Giannis Dalianidis was born in Thessaloniki on 31 December 1923. He started his career as a dancer under the nickname Giannis Dal. From 1958, he worked in cinema, initially as a screenwriter and afterwards as a director. In 1959 he directed his first film, Mousitsa and sometime later Laos kai Kolonaki.^[3]

In 1961 he started to cooperate with the Finos Films the most successful Greek film production company. He directed such films as The Downhill , Liar Wanted , and Gorgones ke Manges , among others. Dalianidis mainly excelled in musical films. This genre, in Greece, is today closely related with Dalianidis. He directed over 70 films and 10 television series.^[3]

• Giannis Dalianidis at IMDb
• Obituary Archived 2018年12月16日 at the Wayback Machine, ana-mpa.gr; accessed 19 February 2018.(in Greek)

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