Spiros stathoulopoulos biography

Spiros Stathoulopoulos (Greek: Σπύρος Σταθουλόπουλος; born 1978) is a Greek-Colombian film director best known for the continuously shot thriller PVC-1 (2007) and Meteora (2012).

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Spiros Stathoulopoulos

Stathoulopoulos at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival

Born (1978-12-05) December 5, 1978 (age 46)
NationalityGreek, Colombian
Alma materCalifornia State University
Occupation(s)Film Director, Screenwriter

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Spiros Stathoulopoulos was born in Greece and moved to Colombia at the age of 8. Already at school he developed interest to cinema and at the age of 14 won and award for his short meter film Dimension. Stathoulopoulos studied film-making in Colombia, then at the California State University.[1]

PVC-1 debuted at the 60th Cannes Film Festival[2][3] in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and won numerous international awards including the FIPRESCI Prize at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.[4]

Meteora, his second film, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin

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Spiros Stathoulopoulos

Spiros Stathoulopoulos is a renowned filmmaker and screenwriter hailing from Greece. Born in Athens, Greece, Spiros developed a strong passion for the arts, particularly filmmaking, from a very young age. He is celebrated for his thought-provoking and visually stunning films that explore complex human emotions and existential themes. With his distinctive cinematic style and storytelling techniques, Spiros has gained international recognition and has become an influential figure in the Greek film industry.

Spiros Stathoulopoulos started his career in the late 1990s, making a name for himself with his atmospheric short films and

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PVC-1 (2007)

Known as one of Colombia's most prominent and original auteurs, Greek-Colombian film director and screenwriter Spiros Stathoulopoulos gained international recognition with his debut PVC-1 (2007). The uncut cult film, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and depicts the true story of a rural Colombian mother who was turned into a time bomb. Metéora (2012), his second film, competed for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Set in the UNESCO World Heritage medieval monasteries, it deals with a forbidden love story between a young Greek Orthodox monk and an older Russian Orthodox nun. Killing Klaus Kinski (2016), his section from the omnibus film Amazonas (2016), was selected at Clermont-Ferrand and recreates the film set from Fitzcarraldo (1982) to confront the egos of Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. Between his films, Stathoulopoulos creates academical experimental films. He is an honor graduate from the California State University in Cinema Arts. The United States government granted him an Extraordina

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