Maria Iliou

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maria Iliou
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Dec 5, 1960(1960-12-05)
Age	64
Birthplace	Athens
Country	Greece
Birth City	Attica
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Maria Iliou Biography

Maria Iliou is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on December 5, 1960 in Athens, Attica, Greece. The documentary, From Both Sides of the Aegean about the population exchange between Turkey and Greece (1922-1924), was then followed. Alexander Kitroeff, a historical consultant at Haverford College, was her principal collaborator in all three films.

From 1987 to 1990, she was an assistant director and casting director in Italy for the films I Cammelli and Amori Corso. She also worked with Bernardo Bertolucci and La Domenica Specialmente. Bologna 90.

Her feature Alexandria, a Love Story (2001) tells the story of a mother and daughter who, on a trip to Egypt, rediscover each other through a tale about an old Alexandrian love story of the mother’s. Alexandria, a Love Story won a Hellenic Ministry of Culture award as well as awards at the international film festivals of São Paulo in Brazil, Gran Canaria in Spain and Houston in the USA, while film historian Professor Karalis called it one of the best Greek films of the 2000 decade in the history of Greek cinema.

In 2003 in New York while researching archives within the framework of the script development for her feature film A Friendship in Smyrna, during the period of her Fulbright scholarship, she discovered forgotten visual material on Smyrna as well as on the migration of the Greeks to America. The material was so fascinating that it led her, instead of a feature film, to make a documentary while at the same time salvaging the forgotten visual material. In 2005 she founded the non-profit company PROTEUS NY INC & PROTEAS whose purpose it is to discover and preserve audiovisual archival material related to Greek history, chiefly in America and Europe. In collaboration with other cultural organizations it produces films, exhibitions and books that make these lost images accessible to the public.

Her first film, The Encounter, won a Hellenic Ministry of Culture Award in 1987. She founded A CITY-SHIP, MIA POLI-PLIO in 1991. In 1993, her second feature film Seaward Window (1992), won the Istituto Luce Award for Italy. Her 1996 film Three Seasons was awarded at the 37th Thessaloniki Film Festival as well as at the Wurzburg International Film Festival (Germany).

Maria Iliou Net Worth

Maria Iliou is one of the richest Screenwriter from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maria Iliou 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maria Iliou, the daughter Maria-Leda Krontira (a writer and educator for children) and Andreas Iliou, a tobacco merchant, was born in Athens, Greece in 1960. Her mother is from Cephalonia, Athens, and her father is from Smyrna, Asia Minor. She was very active in radio programs that her grandmother Antigone Metaxa (Aunt Lena), hosted on Hellenic Public Radio, (EIR) from a young age. There she sang songs and told stories, while also participating in radio plays by her grandfather Kostas Krontiras’ Wednesdays at the Theater.

She studied Literature, Philosophy and History at the University of Padua in Italy. In 1983 she was awarded Summa Cum Laude. This honor was in support of a doctoral thesis about indirect free speech in the works of AlexandrosPapadiamantis.

Maria Iliou is a Greek film director, scriptwriter and producer, well known in Greece and internationally both for her feature films and the historical documentaries she has directed in recent years. She was born in Greece and lives and works in Athens and New York City. Her most well-known films are the features, The Four Seasons (1996), Alexandria, a Love Story (2002) and the historical documentaries The Journey: The Greek American Dream (2007), Smyrna, The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City, 1900–1922 (2012), From Both Sides of the Aegean (2012) and Dear Aunt Lena (2017). Her films have been shown in various countries and have won major distinctions and awards.

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Maria Iliou’s career began in Greece. From 1983 to 1985 she worked for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation in Athens where she directed the program A City-Ship, which presented topics related to modern literature, music and film. During that same time she also worked as a translator presenting, for the first time in Greece, Alberto Savinio’s book Maupassant and “the other”, Ypsilon Publications.

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Maria Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Maria Iliou celebrates birthday on December 5 of every year.

Top Facts about Maria Iliou

1. Maria Iliou is a Greek film director, scriptwriter and producer.
2. She has directed over 20 short films and documentaries.
3. Her films have been screened at international festivals.
4. Iliou has won numerous awards for her work.
5. She founded the production company “Iliou Productions”.
6. Iliou’s films often explore social issues and human relationships.
7. She studied film in Greece and the UK.
8. Iliou has also worked as a film editor and cinematographer.
9. Her latest feature film is titled “The Distance Between Us”.
10. Iliou is considered one of the most promising young filmmakers in Greece.