Alekos Sakellarios

Alekos Sakellarios was born on Nov 07, 1913 in Greece. Alekos Sakellarios's big-screen debut came with Better the Devil You Know directed by Alekos Sakellarios in 1946. Alekos Sakellarios is known for Yparhei Kai Filotimo directed by Alekos Sakellarios, Labros Konstadaras stars as Andreas Mavrogialouros and Dionysis Papagiannopoulos as Thodoros Grouezas. The upcoming new movie Alekos Sakellarios plays is The Policeman of the 16th Precinct which will be released on Nov 27, 2008.

Alekos Sakellarios was a Greek writer and a director. He was born in Athens and grew up in Agios Panteleimonas and began to study journalism and acting at a young age. He wrote his first theatrical play in 1935 called The King of Halva. He entered the film industry and had roles in both screenwriting and directing. He directed mainly with Hristos Giannakopoulos and together they wrote and produced an estimated 140 works. The most popular include: The Germans Strike Again, Thanasakis o politevomenos, I theia ap' to Chicago, Dikoi mas anthropoi, Ena votsalo sti limni, Kalos ilthe to dollario, Ta kitrina gantia, Otan leipei i gata, I soferina, Laterna, ftoheia kai filotimo, Alimono stous neous and more. Many of these theatrical plays were transferred to the cinema with notable success. He also wrote the lyrics of many songs (over 2,000). The significant journalist Freddie Germanos called him the "most clever Greek of the 20th century". He died in 1991 and is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens in a family grave.