The famous director and husband of Nora Walsami Erricos Andreu has died at the age of 84. Since August, he has been admitted to an Athens hospital with serious health problems. The news of his death was announced by the president of the Association of Greek Actors, Spyros Bibilas, in a Facebook post.

Errikos Andreou was born in Athens on December 15, 1938 and grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. There he studied art history and English literature at an English-speaking university and continued his studies in screenwriting and directing at the Great Film Academy in Rome.

Upon his return to Greece, he worked as an assistant director on international productions such as The Guns of Navarone and The Lion of Sparta. In 1961, he made his first film, The Nightmare, written and directed by himself, which won awards at the New Delhi Film Festival and Thessaloniki Film Festival. In 1964, he directed the film The Return, which won first prize for a female role at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, and in 1966, the film Dichasmos, which received a state award for directing, as well as international recognition at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Chicago Film Festival.

In 1967 he collaborated with Finos Film on He and She. He then made other films, working with American and Italian producers. In 1970, he directed and directed the film Mutiny 10, which won the director’s award at the Thessaloniki Festival. The following year, he received the same award for Finos Film’s Great Moment of 21 – Papaflessa. In 1979, he directed the English-language film Cry in the Wind, filmed entirely in New York City. He also directed the cosmopolitan love adventures created by Clearchos Konitsiotis, The Quest, Soul and Flesh (You and Me), The Hook. His last film was “Love of Destiny” in 2009.

From 1977 he turned to television, directing several successful series. Unforgettable will remain the legendary series based on the novels of Xenopoulos with the ideal performer Nora Waltz, such as Aphrodite, Anadyomena and Mystical Engagement.

“The Death of Timothy Konstas” with Mimi Denisis was also a great success. All the serials that he produced for television – public and private – were a great success, and some left an entire era, such as “The Light of Augerin”, “Axiopistos”, “Laura”, “World and Cosmas”, “Ellie and Anna”. ”, “Stysichorou 73”, “The Disappearance of John Avlakiotis”, “A Woman from the Past”, “Widower, Widow and Worse”, “Happy and Unfortunate”, etc.

In June 1973, he married actress Nora Walsamy, whom he met on the set of Finos Film’s Two Feet in a Shoe. They have a son, Konstantinos-Errikos Jr.

Source: RES-IPE