12 Facts About Nikos Nikolaidis

Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, television director, and commercial director.

Nikos Nikolaidis is usually considered a representative of European avant-garde and experimental art film.

Nikos Nikolaidis was the scriptwriter and producer of the movies which he directed and would occasionally, as in the case of the 1965 Orestis Laskos film Praktores 005 enantion Hrysopodarou, write screenplays for other directors.

Nikos Nikolaidis studied filmmaking at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos and acquired scenic design skills at the Vakalo College of Art and Design, a highly regarded specialized private art school, both located in Athens, Greece.

Nikos Nikolaidis himself believed Euridice BA 2037 to be his best film.

Nikos Nikolaidis published a collection of short stories and wrote three novels, including The Angry Balkan which has been reprinted many times in Greece.

Nikos Nikolaidis's films have often divided viewers and critics alike.

Nikos Nikolaidis filmed much of his work in black and white, a few of his films contained a certain similarity to so-called "trash films," and he categorized the majority of his films into trilogies.

Nikos Nikolaidis was either the producer or at least involved in the production of all his eight feature films and two hundred advertisements.

Nikos Nikolaidis died on 5 September 2007, aged 67, of pulmonary edema in Athens, Greece.

The work of Nikos Nikolaidis has had a significant influence on the subsequent generation of Greek filmmakers some of which were inspired by the stylistics of his films and the unusual artistic images containing complex allegories and symbols.

Abroad, Nikos Nikolaidis earned a reputation as an eccentric and controversial director.