Mihalis Kakogiannis

Mihalis Kakogiannis or Michael Cacoyannis Greek Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης Michalis Kakogiannis 11 June 1922 25 July 2011 was a Greek Cypriot filmmaker best known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek He directed the 1983 Broadway revival of the musical based on the film Much of his work was rooted in classical texts especially those of the Greek tragedian Euripides He was nominated for an Academy Award five times a record for any Cypriot film artist He received Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film nominations for Zorba the Greek and two nominations in the Foreign Language Film category for Electra and Iphigenia From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia