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Alexander Kakavas

kakavasese@gmail.com

Alexander Kakavas

Member of the European Film Academy (EFA)

Member of SADA (collective society of authors and directors)-Ex secretary general

Ex-Representative of SADA in AIDAA (member of the board)

Member of the Directors' Guild of Greece Ex representative in FERA

Member of the Scriptwriters' Guild of Greece - President and Representative in FSE

Member of SAPOE (Greek Independent Producers Association)

Member of “micro” (Association of Short Film Directors) - Ex Vice President

Member of Real Estate Guild of Athens and Attica 

 

Current functions

2013- today President of the Scriptwriters' Guild of Greece FSE representative

2010-2011 Elected member of the Board of the Greek Film Centre
2009-2011 Member of the General Assembly of the International Film Festival of Thessaloniki

2008 – 2010 Expert of the OMC Group on cultural and creative industries and Media Mundus
2006 -2010 Special Advisor on international relations at the Greek Film Center
and representative in Eurimages, Media, See Cinema Network.
2004 - 2010 Representative of the Greek Directors Guild in FERA

1998 – 2012 Member of the board of SADA (collective society of scriptwriters and directors). Responsible of international relations
2007 - 2008 Representative of the Writers Guild in FSE
2005 - 2007 President of the Scriptwriter's Guild of Greece

2004 - 2007 Member of the General Assembly of the Greek Film Center
2005 - 2006 Member of the Board of AIDAA

1998- 2005 Representative in AIDAA
(Association Internationale des Auteurs de l'Audiovisuel)
2004 - 2005 Member of the Board of the Scriptwriter's Guild of Greece
2003 - 2004 Vice President of "micro" (Assossiation of Short Film Directors)
2001 - 2002 Member of the General Assembly of the
International Film Festival of Thessaloniki
2000 - 2002 Member of the Steering Committee of INCD
(International Network for Cultural Diversity)

1998 – 2002 Member of the General Assembly of the Greek Film centre
1997 - 2002 Secretary general of the Scriptwriters' Guild of Greece
1995 – 1997 Member of the board of the Scriptwriters' Guild of Greece

Professional experience

2015 - today Hear of the Scriptwriters' Guild Publishing House

2014 (five months) Minister of Culture and Sports cabinet

2013 (three months) Program advisor attached to the CEO of D.T. (Public Television)

2000 - today Founder and Owner of Alexander Kakavas Productions House

1989 – 2001 Senior executive consultant for G.J.Vassiliou, publishing house.
1986 – 1988 Consultant for Professor of the History of Medicine
in the University of Athens and member of the Parliament, doctor Sp. Marketos.
1985 – 1986 General Director of CANAL s.c, an Import-Export co. in Belgium
1984 – 1985 Export consultant for K.P.Marinopoulos,
pharmaceutical products in Benelux.
1983 - 1984 Worked as a teaching expert at the IBAC Institute
of marketing and advertising techniques.
1979 – 1983 Worked in BEST Ltd, advertising agency as copywriter and account
co-ordinator with clients as Daimler Benz, British Leyland, Elizabeth Arden etc.



Works


List of produced audiovisual works

2022 (A tribute to) IAKOVOS KAMPANELLIS, a 30' documentary. Producer, Writer, Director for the Greek Institution of Culture

2021 THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO a 30' documentary. Executive Producer and co-writer

2021 1821 THE GREEK REVOLUTION 13 x 52' episodes Producer, Writer and Co-Director ERT S.A.

2020 THODOROS ZIAKAS Producer and screenwriter of a documentary on a Greek revolutionary of Grevena, Macedonia, Greece

2019-2020 APO TO MIKRO STO MEGALO (FROM LITTLE TO BIG) Producer of 45 X 30' biopic documentaries on great Greek screenwrites, cartoonists, and lyricists (co-director of 11) An ESE production 


 2018-2019 PARALLEL LIVES 12 X 52' historical documentaries on important political personalities of Greece from the end of the 19th century till 1963 Writer/Producer/Director ERT S.A.

2016 - 2017 MNIMES CHARAS (Otan i Ellada megalwne...) (JOYFUL MEMORIES. When Greece was expanding...) 12 X 52' historical documentaries on the liberation of modern Greece. Writer/producer/Director (7) ERT s.a. 

2012 THE LIBERATION OF SAMOS, doc, p/w/d, 52' ERT s.a.

2011-2012 The A-Z of the real estate market, p, 60', Channel 9

2011
THE WEDDING, short film, p/w/d, 10’ ERT s.a.
KAZANTZAKIS, 50’documentary, writer, dir. C.Macheras, SKAI (non credited)

2010
KAVAFY, 50’ documentary,writer, dir. C.Machera,SKAI

2009
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, documentary 50’, writer, dir. Y. Kolozis (SKAI)

2008
WE, GREEKS, documentary series,  writer/coordinator of 12 X 50’ episodes. Dir. K.Mazanis and K. Evaggelakou  (SKAI)

2007
DEEP END (90') Feature. Writer, Dir. Th. Antoniou / Pr. Yvone Roman

2005
THE PROMISE (5') producer/writer/director, Financed by ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV), Sold to ARTE T.V.
Mention of Merit at the 2006 State Awards
Auburn Int'al Film Festival 2006
Foyle Int'al Film Festival 2006
DaKino Int'al Film Festival 2006
Montpellier Int'al Film Festival 2005
Tehran Int'al Film Festival 2005
Olympia Int'al Film Festival 2005

CORDIAL FRIEND (50') TV film.Writer. Dir. N.Zervos (ALTER TV)

2004
SILENCE (17') producer. Written & Directed by St. Polychronakis.
Financed by ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV), Belgrade Int'al Film Festival 2005
International Drama Film Festival 2004

ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND (10') Short on 200m Olympic Gold Medalist and world champion K. Kenderis. Dir. L.Xanthopoulos.
Financed by EBU/ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV).

PRINT (1') producer/writer/director
TV premiere in June 2004 on STAR channel (GR)
Aarau Int'al Film Festival, Switzerland, 2005

2003
HAZARDOUS & UNHEALTHY (shooting script) Feature. Drama. Dir. A. Papadopoulos. Financed by the Greek Film Center, ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV) & Ministry of Cyprus (est. screening Nov.'04)
2004 International Moscow Film Festival in Competition

CROSS (1') (producer, writer & director) Art movie

Distributed theatrically in 2008 by ODEON S.A.

Awards
Mention of Merit at the "One Minute" Buku Int'nal Film Festival, October 2003
Int'al Film Festivals Corto Oporto, Portugal, Hollywood Shorts, USA
Aarau, Switzerland, Tiburon, CA, USA , Ifct , N.Y. USA.
"One Minute" Buku, Poland October 2003,
Panorama of Int'al Film Festival of Ismailia, Egypt September 2003

TV premiere June 2004 STAR channel GR

THE WALL (17') (writer/executive producer) based on J. Papayiannis novel. Dir. D. Lykiardopoulos. Financed by the Greek Film Center & ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV)

THE DOLL (10') producer/writer/director. Financed by the Greek Film Center & ERT s.a (Hellenic State TV).

Awards
Direction Prize at the Athens Fantasy Film festival 2004
Make Up Prize at the Drama Film Festival 2003.

Ciff, Cyprus, 2006
Arlon, Luxemburg Oct.2004
Tifff(Transilvania) Romania May 2004
Bioreykjavik, Iceland, Jan. 2004
Foyle, N.Ireland, & DaKino, Romania
Int'al Film Festival, Nov. 2003,
Central American premiere Voladero Int'al Festival Mexico August 2003.
World premiere on competition at the International festival
of Taormina, Italy June 2003

TICKET TO RIDE (5') (producer/non credited co-writer) Dir. M. Nikolakakis.
Theatrical Distribution by ODEON S.A. Opening in Greece 14/11/03
On competition Amiens, France, Nov.03 and Motovun on Line July '03
World Premiere on competition at the International Festival of Taormina, Italy June ‘03

2002
SECRET NOVEMBER (co-writer) Drama inspired by M.Androulakis book. Feature. Dir. T. Papayannidis. Financed by the Greek Film Center & ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV)

2001
WRONG MOVES (8') Black Comedy. Producer/co-writer. Dir. Et.N.Theotokis

ANTRES (MEN) short film (script editor). Dir A. Kioukas

THE END OF THE GAME 90' TV film (writer) Dir. B. Spanos

THE RED CIRCLE 10 X 50' TV films. (ALPHA TV)

Nominated for best original drama script. Voted most popular original drama TV series in Greek TV awards.

THE VISITOR, TRASH, KNOCK OUT. Dir. P. Kokkinopoulos
THE LAST STOP, BLOOD LINKS, A FAMILY CASE, THE END OF THE GAME (1 & 2), Dir. B. Spanos
THE DESCENT, GIFTED Dir. C. Dimas

1999
Directorial Supervising 40 fillers (Wild Life/WWF) (MEGA Channel)

Text supervising 80 fillers (contemporary history) (MEGA)

1998
STREAM (writer & associate producer) Adventure. Feature (double version greek & english speaking)

1997
SAY YOU LOVE ME (shooting script) Drama. Feature Dir. Mrs K.Tomadaki.
Financed by the Greek Film Center

1996
WIND OVER THE CITY (co-writer) Drama. Feature in russian.  Dir. P.Sevastikoglou. Guest star Marina Vlady.  Financed by the Greek Film Center & ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV)

1995
FLYING NIGHTMARE, THE LIVING BRAIN (writer) 50' TV film. Dir. D.Arvanitis (ERT s.a.)
REVENGE (writer) 50' TV film. Dir. A. Antoniou (ANT1 TV)
MORTAL MATE (writer) 50' TV film. Dir. S. Kaponis (ERT s.a.)

1994
END OF AN ERA (shooting script) Drama. Feature. Dir. A. Kokkinos
Financed by the Greek Film Center & ERT s.a. (Hellenic State TV)

Awards
Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay in the State Awards in 1995
Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Award in the 35 th
Thessaloniki Festival in 1994.
Best Film Award by the Greek Film Critics Union
Best Film Award by the Greek Film & Television Technicians Union

TEMPTATION, THE LAST CASTRATO (writer) 50' TV film. Dir. G. Kordelas (ANT1 TV)
NEMESIS (writer) 50' TV film. Dir. A. Antoniou (ANT1 TV)


1993
GIRLFRIENDS (writer) 17 episodes X 30'. Comedy. Dir. P. Tassios  & D. Sofianopoulos (ANT1)

1992
ABSENT LOVE (writer) Drama 80' TV film. Dir. T. Antonopoulos. (ANT1 TV)

1989 - 92
Many documentaries for the Hellenic State TV as writer and researcher. Directed  by St. Stangos, produced by P&X

OLYMPUS: A PLACE FOR IMMORTALS (50')
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF THE WORKING FEMALE (30')
AEGYPIUS MONACHUS: HIS LAST RESORT (30')
MARATHON: A HERO'S JOURNEY (60')
ELENI SKOURA: THE FIRST WOMAN MP IN GREECE.etc (30')etc.

Literary Works

As a writer
Poems, a collection, 1986

As a translator
LES RACINES DU CIEL by R. Gary
SAVE AN ELEPHANT by A.Thornton & D.Currey
CHILDREN OF THE FLAME by L. Matalon Lagnado/S.Cohn Dekel
LE SERGENT BERTRAND by M. Dansel
PRINCESS by J.P.Sasson
HOW TO THINK LIKE A MILLIONAIRE by C.A. Poissant & C. Godefroy
INSTANT MILLIONAIRE by M. Fisher

As an editor
CINEMATOGRAFOS 97, 98, 99, 01 (Greek Film Critics Union)
DICTIONARY OF GREEK MOVIES (Genous 2001)
THE GREEK FILMOGRAPHY: 1914 through 1996 (McFarland 1999)
WANTED by P.Eddy & S. Walden
LOVE AND FREEDOM by R. Kavan
HANNIBAL by A. Brangance
GREEK SEEKS GREEK by F. Durrenmat

Radio
1989 – 1991
9.41 radio station Produced and presented BLACK AND WHITE: A TRIBUTE TO WOMEN'S VOICES
IN JAZZ AND R&B. A weekly one hour musical production

Theater

2004
THE END? Producer. Staged in Fournos, Athens Directed by Yianna Manousaka

1998
MARY'S CHOICE Writer. Staged in Theatro Technis, NW1 London Directed by L. Loizides

1989
STALEMATE Writer. Mention of Merit in literary competition “Parnassus”

Languages: Greek, English, French

Education
•  Business Administration at the University of Thessaloniki

Seminars
“Arista” workshop for story editors. Head of Studies Mr. Stephen Cleary
“South by Southwest” seminar for screenwriters. Guest Lecturer Prof. Christ. Vogler
“South bu Southwest” seminar for screenwriters. Guest Lecturer Mr. John Truby



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