Constantine Giannaris
Konstantinos Giannaris (Sydney, 1959) is a Greek film director. Born in Sydney. He studied economics, history and philosophy at Keele and Birmingham Universities in Britain. His film career began in England, where he completed short, low-budget independent films. He was involved in the 1982 experimental English documentary The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts in which gay teenagers ask English heterosexuals about their views on homosexuality. His first Greek film, A Place in the Sun in 1995, won the Best Greek Film Award at the Drama Short Film Festival. It was followed in the same year by the film Close to Paradise and in 1998 by the film From the Edge of the City, which won the second prize for Best Film of the Ministry of Culture. In 2001 he filmed Dekapentaugustos and in 2004 Homer. His films have been screened at many international film festivals and forums. His first feature film Near Paradise was financed and shot in London. Today he works and lives in Athens. He has openly declared that he is homosexual and an atheist.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
January 1, 1959Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
22Place of birth
Athens, GreeceAlso known as
Κωνσταντίνος Γιάνναρης, C. Giannaris, Connie GiannarisCast credits
Crew credits
Visions of Europe
Director, Writer3 Steps to Heaven
Director, WriterHostage
Director, WriterFrom the Edge of the City
Director, WriterNorth of Vortex
DirectorA Place in the Sun
DirectorCaught Looking
DirectorSpring Awakening
Writer, DirectorOne Day in August
Director, WriterMan at Sea
Writer, DirectorJean Genet Is Dead
Director, WriterTrojans
Director, Director of Photography, WriterConstantine Giannaris: The Short Films
DirectorJimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
DirectorThe Battle of Tuntenhaus
Cinematography