Person

Vasilis Fotopoulos

Art · 1934–2007 · Kalamata, Greece

Vasilis Photopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Φωτόπουλος) (1934, Kalamata – 14 January 2007, Athens, Greece) was an influential Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer. He was an Academy Award winner for the film Zorba the Greek for art direction. Vasilis Photopoulos was born in Kalamata and studied painting at a very young age under Vangelis Drakos. He appeared for the first time on the Art scene as the stage designer for play "Servant Lady", in the Athens Opera House. He also worked for the National Greek Theatre, the Public Theatre of Northern Greece, and the Liberal Theatre. In 1966, he worked with Francis Ford Coppola in the film You're a Big Boy Now, which starred Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Karen Black, Julie Harris and Elizabeth Hartman. He died in Athens in 2007, aged 72.

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  Zorba the Greek

  Art Direction

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  America America

  Art Direction

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  You're a Big Boy Now

  Art Direction

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  Painting Pain

  Sound Editor

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  Orestes

  Adaptation

• Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

  Sound Mixer

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  Young and old in action...

  Set Decoration

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  Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

  Sound Mixer

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  Miranda July: Where it Began

  Sound Mixer

• Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'

  Sound Mixer

• 2021Painting PainSound Editor
• 2020Miranda July: Where it BeganSound Mixer
• 2019Introducing My Father, François TruffautSound Mixer
• 2019Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'Sound Mixer
• 2019Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'Sound Mixer
• 2019Evan Dalton Smith on Andy GriffithSound Mixer
• 1969OrestesAdaptation
• 1966You're a Big Boy NowArt Direction
• 1964Zorba the GreekArt Direction
• 1963America AmericaArt Direction
• 1963Young and old in action...Set Decoration