Nikos Koundouros writes his autobiography. Sometimes in the first person and sometimes distanced as an observer, he looks back on sixty years of memories and recounts the story of his life with cinematic editing.
"Memory, at ease, makes everything come together in a celebration, inaccessible to others, staged just for me. I let go of one image and grasp another, which I too will leave unfinished, like the Cretan folk songs where the singers never sing the final verse, because every ending brings with it sorrow. Loves, romances, stubbornness, betrayals, friends, fears. And finally, death. The death of others and your own death."
- Pages: 212
- ISBN: 978-960-8399-78-5
- Publication: 2009
- Dimensions: 15 x 24
- Categories: Books, Biographies & Personal Narratives, Biographies
Nikos Koundouros
Nikos Koundouros was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, in 1926. He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts. His first two films, "Magical City" (1954), and "The Dragon", established him over time as one of the most important Greek directors. He has directed 11 films, all of which have been entered into and won awards at Greek and international festivals (Venice Film Festival, Berlin, etc.). He served as president of the Greek Directors’ Guild. In 1998, he published the volume “Stop Carre”, featuring storyboards, sketches, stills and photographs of the characters, sets and costumes from his films. In 2009, his autobiography was published by Ikaros Publications, entitled "I Dreamt I Died".
