Michael Cacoyannis

Michael Cacoyannis, born in Limassol, eldest son of the lawyer Panagiotis Cacoyannis, knighted by the British Crown in 1936, was sent in 1939 to study law in London. During the war he produced Greek-language broadcasts for the BBC, then studied drama and acted for a time in the theatre under the name Michael Yannis. Unable to direct in England, he settled in Greece and made his first film there in 1953. He also staged dozens of plays and operas, and died in Athens on 25 July 2011.

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• Feature filmZorba the GreekΑλέξης ΖορμπάςMichael Cacoyannis · 1964Cinema