Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)

Michael Cacoyannis

Greek film and stage director (1922–2011)

Michalis Kakogiannis, usually credited as Michael Cacoyannis or Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriot filmmaker, theatre director, and playwright. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and editing Zorba the Greek (1964), an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of…