Kostas Koutsomytis

Background

Koutsomytis was born in Grevena.

Career

He directed his first movie in 1965, a short film named To Domatio. In television he debuted in 1971, directing the series Agnostos Polemos that was aired in Greek State. He directed some of the most successful series in the Greek television such as Vammena Kokkina Mallia, Prova Nyfikou, I Agapi Argise mia Mera et cetera

His series are usually based in the novels of famous Greek writers such as Dido Sotiriou, Lili Zografou, Dora Giannakopoulou, Giannis Xanthoulis and others

Koutsomytis died on 10 March 2016 in Sismanoglio in Athens.

Achievements

• He won one cinema award for the film Kloios (best screenplay) and three Greek television awards for the series I Agapi Argise mia Mera, Ta Paidia tis Niovis and Matomena Homata.