Nikos Tsiforos


Nikos Tsiforos was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961.

Biography

Tsiforos was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1912; two years later, his family permanently resettled in Athens. He began writing at age 11, and in 1938, he wrote his first play, which was performed in an outdoors theatre in Freattyda. He went on to earn a degree in law, and work for two years at the Election Supervision Council. He then resigned to travel the seas.
He continued switching jobs periodically until 1939 while writing film scripts as well as doing other types of writing. His first major success was in 1944, when the company of Dimitris Horn and Mairi Aroni staged one of his plays, "Η Πινακοθήκη των Ηλιθίων". In 1948 and 1949, he scripted and directed his
first film, Τελευταία αποστολή .
Tsiforos also worked as a reporter for the Athens press and contributed to newspapers such as Φιλελεύθερος, Βήμα, and Ελεύθερος Κόσμος, as well as magazines like Τραστ, Ρομάντσο, Ταχυδρόμος, and Πάνθεον.
Tsiforos collaborated extensively with Polyvios Vassiliadis on numerous hit film scripts, earning exceptional renown for their scintillating wit and hilarious humor.
His deft use of the Greek contemporary vernacular is considered peerless by several leading literary critics.

Works

Άνθρωποι και ανθρωπάκια
  • Η Αθήνα σήμερα - Κρουαζιέρες μέσα στην ιστορία
  • Όμορφη Θεσσαλονίκη Τα παιδιά της πιάτσας Διηγήματα Εορταστικά
  • Ο πρώτος Τσιφόρος Μίλων Φιρίκης Ελληνική κρουαζιέρα
  • Ελληνική μυθολογία Ο Γκιούλιβερ στη χώρα των Γιγάντων - Ο Γκιούλιβερ στη χώρα των νάνων
  • ' Ιστορία της Αγγλίας Ιστορία της Γαλλίας Ιστορία των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών Χρονογραφήματα
  • Τζιμ κακής ποιότητος
  • Οι κονκισταδόροι Το τυχερό μου αστέρι Τα παλιόπαιδα τ' ατίθασα Εμείς και οι Φράγκοι
  • Παραμύθια πίσω από τα κάγκελα Ο κόσμος κι ο κοσμάκης Η πινακοθήκη των ηλιθίων Τα ρεμάλια ήρωες
  • Στηβ το χαρούμενο κάθαρμα
  • Οι μυστικές εταιρίες Βιβλικά χαμόγελα
  • ''Η γυναίκα κουρσάρος''