He was born in
Crete in 1946 and studied film in Greece and
Paris,
France. He appeared in 1972 with his short film Two Three Things... which received the first prize in the
Athens Festival. Yannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the
Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: Poetic Geography (1995) and Cavafy (1997) - a literary form of the script of the film Cavafy. Yannis Smaragdis is an honorary member of the
Directors Guild of America.
Films
Two Three Things (1972)
Short film.
First prize at the Athens Film Festival
Zero Cell (1975)
Feature film.
Honorable Mention at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Biopic of the artist
El Greco.[4] Feature film based on a fictional story, international co-production.
8 State awards for 2007 (including Best Feature film, Best Direction)
Audience Award for Best Feature Film during the 48th International Film Festival in Thessaloniki and *Awarded for Best Feature Film from the Greek Union of Film Television and Audiovisual Technicians.
First of the five golden films by CBC at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.
First Prize for actor Juan Diego Botto at the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival. *International GOYA award in 2009 (Spanish Academy of Cinematic Art and Science) for costume designer Lala Huete.
Official selection at the International Film Festival of: Toronto 2008, São Paulo 2008, European Film Festival 2008 of the American Film Institute in Washington, Cairo 2008, Guadalajara International Festival 2009, Pantalla Pinamar in Argentina, and more other.
God Loves Caviar (2012)
Biopic of pirate turned business tycoon
Ioannis Varvakis. The feature film is known in Greek as O Theos agapaei to haviari.[5] international co-production. The Toronto Globe and Mail called it "laughably bad".[6]
Official participation at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012,[5] Shanghai International Film Festival 2013.
Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at various film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: «Poetic Geography», 1995 and «CAVAFY», 1997 - a literary form of the script of «Cavafy», the film.
Awards
Was voted on the Greek web the most popular artist in Greece for the year 2012
Honored by the students of the 1st Vocational High School in Argos, who inaugurated their new studio "Image and Sound Studio Yannis Smaragdis" in 2013.
Excellence Award from the European Council for Youth Mobility in Research and Technology during the event "Excellence Awards, Greeks who are Role Models for the New Generation" in 2010
Honorary Member of the Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Committee 2012.
Appointed Director of Cinema and Theatre and Head of all scientific research of the relative department by the Istituto di Studi Giuridici Economici e Sociali Internazionali I.S.G.E.S.I. 2013
Wisdom Award (Vraveion Sophiis) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for his film EL GRECO, in Delphi, Greece. Summer 2008
International Award for the Best Director in the world "GIUSEPPE SCIACCA 2008", in Rome – Italy
The Euro - American Women's Council's Award in Santa Barbara, California 2008
Artemis International Award by the European - American women Council 2008
Honorary Award at the Maremetraggio Film Festival in Trieste, Italy 2008
Voted Director of the Year in STATUS Magazine in 2008
Smaragdis is an honorary member of the Directors' Guild of America.
Screenwriter
1972: 1972: TWO THREE THINGS..., Short film.
1975: ZERO CELL - Feature film.
1981: A GOOD NIGHT TO YOU, MR. ALEXANDRE … - A tribute to the life and work of Greek author Alexandros Papadiamantis. (60’).
1983: HOMECOMING SONG - Feature film. 90’.
1996: CAVAFY – Feature film. 85΄
2004: SPYROS LOUIS – a tribute to the first Greek modern Olympic Winner, Marathon runner Spyros Louis 60'
2007: EL GRECO –Feature film 112’.
2012: GOD LOVES CAVIAR- Feature film 101’.
2017: NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS - Feature film
Television
1985: HADJIMANUEL - TV series. Five episodes (60').
He was born in
Crete in 1946 and studied film in Greece and
Paris,
France. He appeared in 1972 with his short film Two Three Things... which received the first prize in the
Athens Festival. Yannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the
Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: Poetic Geography (1995) and Cavafy (1997) - a literary form of the script of the film Cavafy. Yannis Smaragdis is an honorary member of the
Directors Guild of America.
Films
Two Three Things (1972)
Short film.
First prize at the Athens Film Festival
Zero Cell (1975)
Feature film.
Honorable Mention at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Biopic of the artist
El Greco.[4] Feature film based on a fictional story, international co-production.
8 State awards for 2007 (including Best Feature film, Best Direction)
Audience Award for Best Feature Film during the 48th International Film Festival in Thessaloniki and *Awarded for Best Feature Film from the Greek Union of Film Television and Audiovisual Technicians.
First of the five golden films by CBC at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.
First Prize for actor Juan Diego Botto at the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival. *International GOYA award in 2009 (Spanish Academy of Cinematic Art and Science) for costume designer Lala Huete.
Official selection at the International Film Festival of: Toronto 2008, São Paulo 2008, European Film Festival 2008 of the American Film Institute in Washington, Cairo 2008, Guadalajara International Festival 2009, Pantalla Pinamar in Argentina, and more other.
God Loves Caviar (2012)
Biopic of pirate turned business tycoon
Ioannis Varvakis. The feature film is known in Greek as O Theos agapaei to haviari.[5] international co-production. The Toronto Globe and Mail called it "laughably bad".[6]
Official participation at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012,[5] Shanghai International Film Festival 2013.
Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at various film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: «Poetic Geography», 1995 and «CAVAFY», 1997 - a literary form of the script of «Cavafy», the film.
Awards
Was voted on the Greek web the most popular artist in Greece for the year 2012
Honored by the students of the 1st Vocational High School in Argos, who inaugurated their new studio "Image and Sound Studio Yannis Smaragdis" in 2013.
Excellence Award from the European Council for Youth Mobility in Research and Technology during the event "Excellence Awards, Greeks who are Role Models for the New Generation" in 2010
Honorary Member of the Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Committee 2012.
Appointed Director of Cinema and Theatre and Head of all scientific research of the relative department by the Istituto di Studi Giuridici Economici e Sociali Internazionali I.S.G.E.S.I. 2013
Wisdom Award (Vraveion Sophiis) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for his film EL GRECO, in Delphi, Greece. Summer 2008
International Award for the Best Director in the world "GIUSEPPE SCIACCA 2008", in Rome – Italy
The Euro - American Women's Council's Award in Santa Barbara, California 2008
Artemis International Award by the European - American women Council 2008
Honorary Award at the Maremetraggio Film Festival in Trieste, Italy 2008
Voted Director of the Year in STATUS Magazine in 2008
Smaragdis is an honorary member of the Directors' Guild of America.
Screenwriter
1972: 1972: TWO THREE THINGS..., Short film.
1975: ZERO CELL - Feature film.
1981: A GOOD NIGHT TO YOU, MR. ALEXANDRE … - A tribute to the life and work of Greek author Alexandros Papadiamantis. (60’).
1983: HOMECOMING SONG - Feature film. 90’.
1996: CAVAFY – Feature film. 85΄
2004: SPYROS LOUIS – a tribute to the first Greek modern Olympic Winner, Marathon runner Spyros Louis 60'
2007: EL GRECO –Feature film 112’.
2012: GOD LOVES CAVIAR- Feature film 101’.
2017: NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS - Feature film
Television
1985: HADJIMANUEL - TV series. Five episodes (60').