Timon Koulmassis
Timon Koulmassis , also: Koulmasis , Greek : Τίμων Κουλμάσης (* 1961 ) is a German-Greek director and writer.
After studying history and philosophy in Germany and France, Koulmassis worked as a director and screenwriter in Paris from 1983. His first film Wasteland was shown at the 1988 Cannes Festival and had already won first prize at the Festival of New Directors in Belfort in 1987. This was followed in 1991 by Sappho's dream and in 1994 by the multiple award-winning documentary Ulrike Marie Meinhof , for which Klaus Rainer Röhl provided material exclusively. Most recently, Timon Koulmassis processed the life story of his father Peter Coulmas during the Second World War in Athens in a film documentary.
His next documentary, which he made with Iro Siaflakis , Sinassos - a Topography of Memory (1996–1997), won several awards. In 2000 he shot the video ANIS N., terrorist or rebel , in 2003, again with Iro Siaflakis, the documentary The Roads of Rebetiko , and in 2004 the film Before the Night .
Together with Danae Coulmas , Koulmassis translated Giorgios Seferis .
Web links
- Timon Koulmasis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Personal website
- An interview of Timon Koulmasis to Dimitra Karya about his documentary Ulrike Marie Meinhof
Individual evidence
- ^ Letters from Athens , documentation broadcast in 3sat on July 23, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koulmassis, Timon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koulmasis, Timon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Greek director and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |