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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).
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1927-11-26
- event Death Date 2013-10-30
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 1.9
- info Birth Place Athens, Greece
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Bullets Don't Come Back
1967-09-01
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Bullets Don't Come Back
1967-09-01
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The Drunk of the Harbor
1967-05-26
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17 Bullets for an Angel
1981-01-12
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Lieutenant Natassa
1970-12-12
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Lieutenant Natassa
1970-12-12
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The years of rage
1973-01-01
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Thankless
1966-04-23
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The barker
1964-11-01
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I Die Every Dawn
1969-02-03
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Visibility Zero
1970-01-05
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The Golden Eagles
1963-01-01
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When the City Dies
1969-03-10
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The Refugee
1969-01-01
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Ο μεγάλος ένοχος
1970-01-01
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Blood on the Land
1966-01-11
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Death Will Return
1961-06-12
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Frenzy
1971-01-01
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Ο δρόμος των ηρώων
1971-01-01
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Θύρα 7: η μεγάλη στιγμή
1983-01-01
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Θύρα 7: η μεγάλη στιγμή
1983-01-01
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Emergency exit
1980-11-24
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Emergency exit
1980-11-24
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Scream
1964-11-08
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Visibility Zero
1970-01-05
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The Avenue of Hate
1968-10-13
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The Avenue of Hate
1968-10-13
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The Jungle of Cities
1970-08-12
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I blame the People
1966-10-01
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Mother, why did you give birth to me?
1963-01-01
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The Asphalt Fever
1967-09-21
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Tears for Electra
1966-11-07
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Zero Hour Society
1966-11-05
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Jeep, Pavilion and Love
1957-02-18
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The Scum
1963-10-07
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Concert for Machine Guns
1967-07-22
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With Fear and Passion
1972-04-13
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With Fear and Passion
1972-04-13
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The enemies
1965-08-19
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Love and Blood
1968-01-01
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Love and Blood
1968-01-01
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Abuse of authority
1971-01-01
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Treason Avenue
1969-05-08
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The Ruthless
1965-06-12
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Front Page Woman
1987-01-01
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Front Page Woman
1987-01-01
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Dirty city
1965-07-09
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Tsakitzis: The Patron Saint of the Poor
1960-01-01
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In the name of the law
1970-05-09
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Captives of Hate
1972-12-27
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Captives of Hate
1972-12-27
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In the name of the law
1970-05-09
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A Woman's Past
1968-02-01
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Wild Youth
1982-01-13
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Wild Youth
1982-01-13
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Love and storm
1961-01-01
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Deadly dilemma
1989-01-01
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Deadly dilemma
1989-01-01
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Nelly, the Spy
1981-11-11
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It is a great pity
1964-01-30
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ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks
1989-01-01
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ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks
1989-01-01
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The mother's curse
1961-01-01
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Sentenced to Death
1987-04-04
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Sentenced to Death
1987-04-04
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Unknown War 2: The Man with Two Faces
1987-04-04
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Unknown War 2: The Man with Two Faces
1987-04-04
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Love and Betrayal
1972-04-25
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The Brave Die Twice
1973-12-12
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I loved a bum
1971-01-01
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The man who returned from pain
1966-01-01
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What the Night Hides
1963-01-01
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Betrayed
1965-01-01
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Without parents and siblings
1964-01-01
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The Devastated
1966-01-01
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Μαρκησία του λιμανιού
1988-01-01
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Μαρκησία του λιμανιού
1988-01-01
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Krystallo
1959-01-01
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Lampsi
1991-09-16
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Lampsi
1991-09-16
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Dangerous Exits
1978-05-09
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Good morning Life
1993-11-27
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Good morning Life
1993-11-27
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Lampsi
1991-09-16
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Good morning Life
1993-11-27