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Prodromos Meravidis

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Camera

Known Credits
0

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 1, 1912 (114 years old)

Place of Birth
Athens, Greece

Prodromos Meravidis

Biography

Prodromos Meravidis (Greek: Πρόδρομος Μεραβίδης, born in 1910 and died 10 August 1981) was a pioneer of Greek cinema. He shot the first Greek talking film "Night without Dawn" and organized the first color cinema development. He was born in Constantinople in 1912. In 1933 he shot the film Volos and Pelion and in 1936 he himself presented the first talking newsreels at the Cinema. In the early 1940s, together with other photographers and filmmakers (as a conscript cameraman) he shot a film (newsreels) on the Albanian Front, during the 1940 war. During that period he also lost two cameras. In 1945, together with Kostas Papadoukas and with sketches by Stamatis Polenakis, he presented the first Greek animated film, The Duce Narrates. The film was filmed in the workshops founded by his father Dimitrios Meravidis. During the period 1945-50, he shot films throughout Greece on 16mm film for the "Hellenic War Welfare", which financed the reconstruction of the countryside. His short film Kos was the first Greek color film (1949-50). In 1979, he was honored with a commemorative medal from the Thessaloniki Film Festival. He died at the age of 69 on August 10, 1981 and was buried the following day from the church of Saints Constantine and Helen, at the Zografou Cemetery.

Known For

Crew

1958Poverty can be bearable while living well...Cinematography
1956The Duchess of Plakendia...Cinematography
1951Kidnapping in Crete...Cinematography
1946Forgotten Faces...Cinematography

Editing

1958Poverty can be bearable while living well...Editor
1951Above all... Coolness...Editor
1948One Hundred Thousand Pounds...Editor
1945Duce Narrates......Editor

Camera

1954Night Adventure...Director of Photography
1953Eva...Director of Photography
1951Above all... Coolness...Director of Photography
1943The Voice of the Heart...Director of Photography
1941Night Without Dawn...Director of Photography

Production

1945Double Sacrifice...Producer

Acting