About

Known credits:
83
Birthday:
1927-11-26
Place of birth:
Athens, Greece
Website:
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Nikos Foskolos

Overview

Nikos Foskolos (Greek: Νίκος Φώσκολος; 26 November 1927 – 30 October 2013) was a Greek screenwriter and director. He is one of the most commercially successful screenwriters of Greek cinema. He has been called the "Goldfinger of commercial shows". He has been described as "the maître of exaggeration" and "the king of TV shows". His film Ipolochagos Natassa kept the most commercially successful film record for almost three decades from 1970 to 1999.

Foskolos was born in Athens on 26 November 1927. He studied Political Science at the University of Athens but did not graduate. From the age of 17, he started writing successful radio plays with both a historical and modern background. His radio series Police Stories were the most popular radio series for three years. In the 1960s, he worked as a theatre critic and also wrote plays for the theatre and radio. He wrote screenplays for over 70 Greek films, mostly working for Finos Film. He introduced Spaghetti Westerns to Greek cinema.

His TV daily serial Lampsi was a huge success and ran for 14 seasons getting into the Guinness World Records in 1995. He gained another entry into the Guinness World Records for writing two daily TV series, Lampsi and Kalimera Zoi, for ten years. Lampsi was shown for 13 years from 1991 to 2005 with a total of 3457 episodes produced.

In the 1970s, his TV serial Agnostos Polemos (Unknown War) broke the record of TV ratings with 92% of Greek households tuning in to the show. Foskolos has been described as an "important screenwriter", a "talented director", a "wonderful human being" and "the father of TV-serials and films". Ta Nea refers to him as "hyperproductive". The same paper also calls him polygrafotatos translating as "a prolific writer".

Foskolos has received awards for The Asphalt Fever (Πυρετός στην άσφαλτο), and The Ruthless (Οι αδίστακτοι). His film Blood on the Land (Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο) was an Academy Awards Best Foreign Film nominee in 1965. He also received three awards and a state award for Concert for Machine Guns (Κοντσέρτο για πολυβόλα).

Known for

Directing
1993 Good morning Life Directing Director 68
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1991 Lampsi Directing Director 68
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1989 Deadly dilemma Directing Director N/A
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1989 ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks Directing Director N/A
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1988 Μαρκησία του λιμανιού Directing Director N/A
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1987 Sentenced to Death Directing Director 59
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1987 Unknown War 2: The Man with Two Faces Directing Director 59
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1987 Front Page Woman Directing Director 59
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1983 Θύρα 7: η μεγάλη στιγμή Directing Director 58
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1982 Wild Youth Directing Director 59
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1981 17 Bullets for an Angel Directing Director 59
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1980 Emergency exit Directing Director 58
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1972 Captives of Hate Directing Director 58
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1972 With Fear and Passion Directing Director 59
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1970 Lieutenant Natassa Directing Director 59
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1970 In the name of the law Directing Director 58
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1970 Visibility Zero Directing Director 59
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1969 I Die Every Dawn Directing Director 59
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1968 The Avenue of Hate Directing Director 59
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1968 Love and Blood Directing Director 59
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1967 Bullets Don't Come Back Directing Director 58
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Writing
1993 Good morning Life Writing Writer 68
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1991 Lampsi Writing Writer 68
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1989 Deadly dilemma Writing Writer N/A
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1989 ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks Writing Writer N/A
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1988 Μαρκησία του λιμανιού Writing Writer N/A
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1987 Unknown War 2: The Man with Two Faces Writing Writer 59
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1987 Sentenced to Death Writing Writer 59
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1987 Front Page Woman Writing Writer 59
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1982 Wild Youth Writing Writer 59
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1981 Nelly, the Spy Writing Writer 58
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1980 Emergency exit Writing Writer 58
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1978 Dangerous Exits Writing Writer N/A
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1973 The Brave Die Twice Writing Writer 59
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1973 The years of rage Writing Writer N/A
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1972 Captives of Hate Writing Writer 58
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1972 Love and Betrayal Writing Writer 58
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1972 With Fear and Passion Writing Writer 59
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1971 Ο δρόμος των ηρώων Writing Writer N/A
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1971 Abuse of authority Writing Writer 59
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1971 I loved a bum Writing Story N/A
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1971 Frenzy Writing Writer 59
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1970 Lieutenant Natassa Writing Writer 59
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1970 The Jungle of Cities Writing Writer 58
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1970 In the name of the law Writing Writer 58
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1970 Ο μεγάλος ένοχος Writing Writer N/A
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1969 Treason Avenue Writing Writer 59
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1969 When the City Dies Writing Writer 59
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1969 The Refugee Writing Writer 59
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1968 The Avenue of Hate Writing Writer 59
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1968 A Woman's Past Writing Writer 59
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1968 Love and Blood Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Asphalt Fever Writing Writer 58
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1967 Bullets Don't Come Back Writing Writer 58
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1967 Concert for Machine Guns Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Drunk of the Harbor Writing Writer N/A
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1966 Tears for Electra Writing Writer 58
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1966 Zero Hour Society Writing Writer 59
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1966 I blame the People Writing Writer 59
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1966 Thankless Writing Writer N/A
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1966 Blood on the Land Writing Writer 59
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1966 The man who returned from pain Writing Writer 58
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1966 The Devastated Writing Writer 59
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1965 The enemies Writing Writer 59
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1965 Dirty city Writing Writer 59
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1965 The Ruthless Writing Writer 59
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1965 Betrayed Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Scream Writing Writer 58
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1964 The barker Writing Writer 59
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1964 It is a great pity Writing Writer 59
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1964 Without parents and siblings Writing Writer N/A
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1963 The Scum Writing Writer 58
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1963 The Golden Eagles Writing Writer N/A
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1963 What the Night Hides Writing Writer 59
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1963 Mother, why did you give birth to me? Writing Writer N/A
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1961 Death Will Return Writing Author 59
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1961 The mother's curse Writing Writer 59
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1961 Love and storm Writing Writer 59
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1960 Tsakitzis: The Patron Saint of the Poor Writing Writer 59
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1959 Krystallo Writing Writer 58
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1957 Jeep, Pavilion and Love Writing Writer 59
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Crew
1983 Θύρα 7: η μεγάλη στιγμή Crew Script 58
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1970 Visibility Zero Crew Script 59
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