Giannis Varvarigos
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Yannis Varvarigos was born in the island of Zakynthos, Greece, during
the late 40's. He grew up in the village of Lagadakia. After graduating
high school he moved to Athens, where he studied cinematography next to
very important people of Greek cinema. During the past 40 years, he
traveled all over Europe, participating in a lot of documentary films,
mostly about art and agricultural life around the Meditteranean. He has
also worked in biographic films about important Greeks, such as G.
Seferis and Y. Moralis. During the 80's, he worked in a lot of TV
series for the Greek Public TV (ERT) and he also filmed many
documentaries for ERT, including a very important documentary film
about "Omilia" (traditional theater of Zakynthos).