Filippos Tsitos

Filippos Tsitos; Greek Φιλίππος Τσίτος or Filippos Tsitos, initially also Tsitos Philip (* 1966 in Athens, Greece), is a film and television director, who has worked in Germany and Greece.

Career

Filippos Tsitos studied marketing and worked as a photographer and in the area of ​​promotion as well as for the radio. In 1991 he moved to Berlin, where he studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy and began to stage first self-written short films.

His emigrants piece Parlez -moi d' amour (1994 ) won in this context, several awards, including the German Short Film Award in Gold. Tsitos ' first feature film was followed by My Sweet Home (2001) also in its screenplay. The film, Nadja Uhl in the lead role was internationally at festivals and was nominated in 2001, among others for the " Golden Bear " at the Berlinale. Thereafter Tsitos worked increasingly for German television and directed episodes of the TV crime series Tatort (2002-2010), KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (2007), Stolberg (2010) and The criminalist ( 2011). Tsitos was at the Greek television series Amyna Zonis (2008) involved.

In 2009, he turned in Germany and Greece the feature film Little Miracles in Athens ( Original title: Akadimia Platonos, Greek Ακαδημία Πλάτωνος ), co-produced by ZDF and ARTE, with whom he won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 62nd Locarno Film Festival. Leading actor Antonis Kafetzopoulos received by the International Jury the award for Best Actor, the Youth Jury of the festival drew the film as the third- best work.

For the film Adikos cosmos Tsitos received at the International Film Festival of San Sebastián, the Silver Shell for Best Director; Andonis Kafetzopoulos was honored for his role in this film as the best male lead.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2002: Crime scene - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  • 2004: Crime scene - Six to eat
  • 2005: Tatort - A feeling of happiness
  • 2007: Crime scene - Small heart
  • 2010: Crime Scene - Immortal beautiful

Awards (selection)

  • German Short Film Award 1994
  • Nominated for the " Golden Bear ", International Film Festival Berlin 2001
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival (2009 ) for the film Akadimia Platonos.
  • Silver Shell at the Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián 2011 for Adikos cosmos.
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