Konstantinos Giannaris
Illustration — Constantine Giannaris against the backdrop of the Tokyo skyline in 2021 Constantine Giannaris, also Constantinos Giannaris (born 1959), is a Greek film director, photographer, actor and author. He is best known for his award-winning feature films From the Edge of the City, Hostage, and his early queer work in Britain.
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Konstantinos Giannaris

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- 1959 · Sydney.
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- Greece
- Occupation
- actor · screenwriter · director
- Languages
- Modern Greek
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Illustration — Constantine Giannaris against the backdrop of the Tokyo skyline in 2021 Constantine Giannaris, also Constantinos Giannaris (born 1959), is a Greek film director, photographer, actor and author. He is best known for his award-winning feature films From the Edge of the City, Hostage, and his early queer work in Britain.
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• Year — English title — Greek title (Original title) — Language — Country — Notes • 1983 — Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts — English — UK — participant; short film, 45 minutes • 1989 — Jean Genet Is Dead — English — UK/Greece — director; writer; short film, 40 minutes, dedicated to Mark Ashton • 1990 — Silences — English — UK/Greece — director; writer; short film, 10 minutes • 1990 — Trojans — Τρώες — English — UK/Greece — director; writer; short film, 33 minutes 1990 Teddy Award for Best Short Film • 1991 — North of Vortex — English — UK/Greece — director, short film, 58 minutes • 1991 — Caught Looking — English — UK — director; short film, 35 minutes 1992 Teddy Award for Best Short Film • 1992 — The Battle of Tuntenhaus, Part 2 — English/German — UK — cameraperson, interviewer • 1994 — A Place in the Sun — Μια Θέση στον Ήλιο (Mia thesi ston ilio) — Greek — UK/Greece — director; writer; 45 minutes • 1995 — 3 Steps to Heaven — English — UK — director; writer; actor; TV film • 1998 — From the Edge of the City — Από την άκρη της πόλης (Apo tin akri tis polis) — Greek/Russian — Greece — director; writer; actor • 2001 — One Day in August — Δεκαπενταύγουστος (Dekapentavgoustos) — Greek — Greece — director; writer • 2004 — Visions of Europe: segment Room for All — European Union — director; writer; short film, 5 minutes • 2005 — Hostage — Ομηρος (Omiros) — Greek/Albanian — Greece/Turkey — director; writer • 2009 — Gender Pop — Greek — Greece — director; writer; documentary short, 40 minutes • 2011 — Man at Sea — Άνθρωπος στη Θάλασσα (Anthropos sti thalassa) — Greek — Greece — director; writer
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- 1.Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. 978-1-84023-033-8.
- 2.International Film Guide 2012. 978-1908215017.
- 3.Constantine Giannaris: A clear voice in the static.
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