Nicholas Triandafyllidis

Nikos Triantafyllidis 19662016 was a Greek artist director and film producer He was born in Chicago United States on September 9 1966 the son of satirical artist Vasilis Triantafyllidis Harry Klynn and Chariklia Makri who was a dancer He studied sociology and communication at Panteion University of Athens and continued his studies at the International Film School in London between 1990 and 1992 His first short film was the short documentary Momus Amongst Women Only which was filmed as part of his internship during the third trimester of his studies in London His graduation film Dogs Licking My Heart starring jazz musician Blaine Reininger and Panagiotis Thanasoulis won the First Prize for Fiction at the 7th Drama Greek Short Film Festival in 1993 The film was also screened at international festivals In the same year in 1993 he directed the blackandwhite super 8 mm video clip for the song You Dont Fit Anywhere by the band Trypes He also directed a short souvenir from the Trypes concert at the Marquee club in London In 1995 he completed his first feature film for Radio MoscowIn 1996 Nikos Triantafyllidis filmed the TV movie The Overcoat for ET2 a free adaptation of the short story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol by himself and Evgenia Lyroudia Nikos Triantafyllidis announced his return behind the camera as a director with the film The Sentimentalists The film belongs to the film noir category began shooting in 2012 was presented incompletely as a work in progress in 2013 and was first screened in its entirety in the main program competition section of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival in June 2014 to finally be screened in Greek theaters in October of the same year He died on June 7 2016 from cancer