# Dinos Dimopoulos

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{{short description|Greek actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| image        =
| name         = Dinos Dimopoulos
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1921|8|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [Palairos](/source/Palairos), Greece
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2003|2|28|1921|8|22|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [Athens](/source/Athens), Greece
| occupation   = Film director, screenwriter, actor, theatre director
| years_active = 1940–1971 
}}

'''Dinos Dimopoulos''' ({{langx|el|Ντίνος Δημόπουλος}}; 22 August 1921 &ndash; 28 February 2003) was a Greek actor, [film director](/source/film_director), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and [theatre director](/source/theatre_director). He directed more than 40 films between 1953 and 1993.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yYLAQAAMAAJ&q=%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82+%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82+1921|title=Λεξικό νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας: Πρόσωπα, έργα, ρεύματα, όροι|date=2007|publisher=Εκδοσεις Πατακη|isbn=978-960-16-2237-8|location=|pages=494|language=el}}</ref>

His 1959 film ''[Astero](/source/Astero_(1959_film))'' was entered into the [9th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/9th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival). His 1960 film ''[Madalena](/source/Madalena_(1960_film))'' was entered into the [1961 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1961_Cannes_Film_Festival).<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3251/year/1961.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Madalena |access-date=21 February 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> He wrote also some [theatrical plays](/source/Play_(theatre)). He has won the best director award in [Thessaloniki Film Festival](/source/Thessaloniki_Festival_of_Greek_Cinema) for the film ''[The Asphalt Fever](/source/The_Asphalt_Fever)''.<ref>{{cite web|title=awards 1967|url=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=971&year=1967|publisher=Thessaloniki Film Festival|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200100/http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=971&year=1967|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Heaven Is Ours](/source/Heaven_Is_Ours)'' (1953)
* ''[The Big Streets](/source/The_Big_Streets)'' (1953)
* ''[Happy Beginning](/source/Happy_Beginning)'' (1954)
* ''Joe the Terrible'' (Τζο ο τρομερός) (1955)
* ''[Astero](/source/Astero_(1959_film))'' (1959)
* ''[Stournara 288](/source/Stournara_288)'' (1959)
* ''[Madalena](/source/Madalena_(1960_film))'' (1960)
* ''[Oi kyries tis avlis](/source/Oi_kyries_tis_avlis)'' (1966)
* ''[The Asphalt Fever](/source/The_Asphalt_Fever)'' (1967)
* ''[A Teacher with Blonde Hair](/source/A_Teacher_with_Blonde_Hair)'' (1969)
* ''[Agapisa mia polythrona](/source/Agapisa_mia_polythrona)'' (1971)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0227460|Dinos Dimopoulos}}

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Category:1921 births
Category:2003 deaths
Category:People from Aktio-Vonitsa
Category:Greek film directors
Category:Greek documentary filmmakers
Category:Greek theatre directors
Category:Greek dramatists and playwrights
Category:Greek writers
Category:20th-century Greek male actors
Category:20th-century Greek screenwriters

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