1. Dimitri Logothetis's father had previously lived with family in Los Angeles, where he became an American citizen and worked as a mechanic for eight years before returning to Athens.
20 Facts About Dimitri Logothetis
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Dimitri Logothetis was then hired by Columbia Pictures to produce his first film, Hardbodies 2.
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Dimitri Logothetis then acquired the rights to a Stephen King script written specifically for the screen, and produced Sleepwalkers for Columbia Pictures.
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In 1994, Dimitri Logothetis directed and produced Body Shot, a film noir thriller starring Robert Patrick, for HBO.
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Dimitri Logothetis then moved into the Western genre and produced and directed Cheyenne, starring Bo Svensen and Gary Hudson.
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In 1999, Dimitri Logothetis was hired by Warner Brothers and directed the pilot for the television series Robin Hood.
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Dimitri Logothetis directed Mike Hammer, starring Stacy Keach, for Franklin Waterman.
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Dimitri Logothetis then directed the pilot episode for the action adventure series Air America, starring Lorenzo Lamas, and went on to direct eight more episodes.
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In 2000, Dimitri Logothetis was hired by Warner Brothers to be the executive producer of the science fiction action adventure TV series Code Name: Eternity.
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Dimitri Logothetis was responsible for the creative look and feel of the series and for writing and directing the pilot episode.
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In 2010, Dimitri Logothetis became President of Production at Kings Road Entertainment.
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Dimitri Logothetis then re-developed and wrote a series called The Outfit, again based on Giancana, that he set up with Radar Pictures and producer Ted Field.
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Dimitri Logothetis then set up a remake of All of Me with John Davis and DreamWorks, which he is set to produce.
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DreamWorks let the option on All of Me expire and Dimitri Logothetis teamed up with Todd Garner to set up All of Me as a TV series at NBC Universal.
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In 2013, Dimitri Logothetis took up Giancana again, and along with his project partner Nick Celozzi, wrote, produced and directed a documentary on him, Momo: The Sam Giancana Story, which won the 2012 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival "Best Feature Documentary" award.
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Dimitri Logothetis wrote and produced Kickboxer: Vengeance starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and the new kickboxer, Alain Moussi, with other talents such as Dave Bautista, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Gina Carano.
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Dimitri Logothetis was attracted to the original Jean-Claude Van Damme's Kickboxer because of his martial arts background and that's what inspired him to pursue the rights to the original, develop a reboot of the franchise and ultimately write, produce and direct a contemporary version of the pop culture, iconic Kickboxer.
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Dimitri Logothetis is developing two Kings Road Entertainment properties: All of Me, a remake of the film that starred Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin; and The Best of Times, a remake of the film that starred Kurt Russell and Robin Williams.
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Dimitri Logothetis is producing these projects with Todd Garner, former President of production of Disney.
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Dimitri Logothetis is in the pre-production process for the third and final film in his Kickboxer reboot trilogy, Kickboxer: Armageddon, a new action thriller, Flying Shadow, as well as a sequel to Jiu Jitsu.