Stavros Tornes
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1932
- Died
- July 26, 1988
- Birthplace
- Athens, Greece
Stavros Tornes (Greek: Σταύρος Τορνές) was a Greek film actor and director. Tornes was born in 1932 in Athens. He studied at the Ioannidis School in 1957 and worked as an assistant director and as an actor in films of the 1950s and 1960s. In 1967 he directed his first short film "Theraikos orthros" together with Kostas Sfikas. During the dictatorship he went to Italy where he participated in a group of exiles, fighting against the military junta. In 1973 he secretly visited Greece and filmed the documentary Students. In Italy (Rome) he appeared in many films, such as Many Wars Ago and Christ Stopped at Empoli by Francesco Rossi, and Alonzanfan by the Taviani brothers. It is worth noting that he played the leading role in the television film Nausicaa by Agnès Varda. He also painted. After the fall of the dictatorship, he returned to Greece and filmed the film Balamos, which was screened at the 1982 Thessaloniki Film Festival. With co-screenwriter Charlotte van Gelder, he also directed the films Karkalou, Danilo Treles and A Heron for Germany. He died in July 1988 and was buried in the Caesarean Cemetery.
Filmography
Deserted and alone to make my pain go away 2006
Actor
Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South 1994
as archive footage
- Witches
Witches 1988
Actor
- Heron for Germany
Heron for Germany 1988
as Polydoros, Director, Writer, Producer
Danilo Treles: The Famous Andalusian Musician 1986
as Fox Man, Director, Writer, Producer
Topos 1985
as Geropeismataris
Varieté 1985
as Old Man in the Corridor
Karkalou 1984
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Misunderstanding 1983
Actor
Πλατεία Ιπποδαμείας 1983
Director, Writer
Balamos 1982
as Balamos, Writer, Producer, Director
For the Poet Nikos Kavvadias 1982
as Self, Director
- Exopragmatiko
Exopragmatiko 1980
Director, Cinematography, Writer
City of Women 1980
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979
Actor
Coatti 1977
Actor, Editor, Screenplay, Director
Addio Anatolia 1976
Director, Writer
Kierion 1974
as George Morgan
Allonsanfan 1974
as Gioacchino
Lucky Luciano 1973
as Man at Table (uncredited)
Nausicaa 1971
as Michel
Many Wars Ago 1970
as General's Aide (uncredited)
Thirean Matins 1968
Producer, Director
Open Letter 1967
Actor
The Roundup 1965
Actor
Glory Sky 1962
Actor, Production Manager
The Beauty of Roumeli 1962
Actor
Fishermen and Fishing 1961
as narrator
Our Tears Have Dried Up 1961
Actor
Sharp as a Needle 1961
as police officer
The Daywork of Happiness 1960
as Nikos
To mystiko tou kokkinou mandya 1960
Actor
Credits from TMDB.