

Giannis Dalianidis
Directing
October 31, 1923
Thessaloniki, Greece
October 16, 2010
Giannis Dalianidis (Greek: Γιάννης Δαλιανίδης; 31 December 1923 – 16 October 2010) was a Greek film director. His first film was Mousitsa, released in 1959, which was followed by a series of musicals. Between 1974 and 1981, he produced the television series Luna Park. In 2002, he was dubbed a "national film hero" at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival. 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. 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.
The Filmography


A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman

Face to Face with Death

The Parisian Lady

The little man

Wake up Vassili

Naked On The Street

The Ladykiller

When the City Dies

Mermaids for Love

A Knight for Vasoula

Mikes Is Getting Married

Olga My Love

A Lady In Bouzoukia

Wedding night

Groom from London

The Blue Beads from Greece

The Barefoot Prince

Tears for Electra
