- Born
- Birth nameStelios Georgiadis
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Stan Harrington, born Stelios Georgiadis and originally from Melbourne, Australia, is a multi-award winning Producer, Writer and Director. He manages the world famous, Stella Adler Theater, home to such legends as Marlon Brando, Gary Ross, Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. He is the author of A Guerilla In The Midst, a book on the art of no-budget filmmaking, published in 2007 by the Sundance Media Group and released at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in April of the same year. He is a sought after speaker on the subject of Acting, Writing, Directing and No Budget Filmmaking and has made countless appearances at conferences locally and abroad including The National Association Of Broadcasters (Las Vegas), The SEA Conferences (Los Angeles, Illinois), and Women In Film (Hollywood). The skills for which Stan is primarily recognized for are his notable ability to consistently deliver great scripts and insightful performances, a skill he attributes to his strong theater background.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Stan Harrington
- Stan grew up in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia in project (commission) housing and later found himself living in a theatre for 20 years.
- Stan's real name is Stelios Georgiadis and he is the great grandson of Greek military legend John Polyxingis. Polyxingis, often referred to as The Chief Of The Revolutionaries, was later depicted in Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Freedom and Death (Kapetan Mixalis), about the epic battles between the Greeks and Turks over the island of Crete.
- Stan was listed 1st in "The Top 100 Indie Filmmakers In The World Part 1", a book released on Itunes in November 2014.
- Stan graduated from the Stella Adler Academy in Hollywood on a full scholarship.
- Stan moved to the US in 1994, won a green card through the Diversity Visa Program in the late 90s and became a US citizen 5 years later. Both Stan's parents were born in Greece, migrating to Australia in 1955. While maintaining his dual US/Australian citizenship, he is also very proud of his Greek heritage. He has an older sister, Helen, and an older brother from his fathers first marriage, Nick. Both are married and reside in Australia.
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