Michael CACOYANNIS

Background

Cacoyannis, Michael was born on June 11, 1922 in Limassol, Cyprus. Son of Panayotis C. Barrister-at-law, Gray"s Inn, U. London, 1942.

Education

Diploma, Central School Dramatic Art, London, 1944. Student, Old Vic School, 1946. Degree (honorary), Columbia College, Chicago, 1981.

Career

Wilde’s Salome as Herod 1947, in Camus’s Caligula 1949, in Two Dozen Red Roses 1949, et cetera Directed films: Windfall in Athens 1953, Stella 1955, A Girl in Black 1957, A Matter of Dignity 1958, Our Last Spring 1959, The Wastrel 1960, Electra 1961, Zorba the Greek 1964, The Day the Fish Came Out 1967, The Trojan Women 1971, The Story of Jacob and Joseph 1974. Attila 74 1975, Iphigenia 1977, Sweet Country" 1986; also a number of stage productions in Athens, New York, et cetera, including The Trojan Women, Paris 1965, The Devils, New York 1966, Mourning Becomes Electra, Metropolitan Opera, New York 1967, Romeo and Juliet, Paris 1968, Iphigenia in Aulis, New York 1968, Louisiana Boheme, New York 1972, King Oedipus, Dublin 1973, The Bacchae, Comedie Frangaise, Paris 1977, Antony and Cleopatra, Athens 1979, The Bacchae, New York 1980, Zorba (musical). United States of America 1983, Sophocles’ Electra, Epidaurus Festival 1983, Gluck’s Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia in Taulis, Frankfurt State Opera 1987, Louisiana Clemenza di Tito, Aix-en-Provence Music Festival 1988.Producer, Overseas Service, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1941-1950. Director films: Windfall in Athens, 1953. Director plays: The Trojan Women, Paris,1956.

Achievements

• Michael Cacoyannis has been listed as a notable film and stage director, producer, actor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Father:

the late Sir Panayotis

Mother:

of Lady Cacoyannis