10 Facts About Nikos Tsiforos

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Nikos Tsiforos was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director.

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Nikos Tsiforos had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970.

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Nikos Tsiforos further directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961.

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Nikos Tsiforos was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1912; two years later, his family was permanently resettled in Athens.

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From age eleven to his death, Nikos Tsiforos had been writing with gusto.

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In 1938, he wrote his first play, performed in an outdoors theatre in Freattyda; although his first effort did not quite succeed, young Nikos was not disappointed.

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Nikos Tsiforos went on to earn a degree in Law, and work, for two years, at the Election Supervision Council.

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Nikos Tsiforos continued switching jobs regularly until 1939, all the while writing film scripts as well as doing other types of writing.

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Nikos Tsiforos went on to work as a reporter for the Athens press: newspapers, and magazines, all the while writing over 40 theatrical plays and over 80 film scripts.

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Nikos Tsiforos collaborated extensively with Polyvios Vassiliadis on numerous hit film scripts, earning exceptional renown for their scintillating wit and hilarious humor.