Georges Corraface Explained

Georges Corraface
Native Name:Γιώργος Χωραφάς
Native Name Lang:el
Birth Date:1952 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Paris, France
Yearsactive:1983–present

Georges Corraface (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γιώργος Χωραφάς, Giórgos Chorafás;) is a French actor of Greek descent, born on December 7, 1952, in Paris, France. He performed in film and television, following many years in French theatre, notably as a member of the International Center for Theatre Research under the direction of Peter Brook in the Peter Brook Company. His notable film credits include To Tama, Escape from L.A., La Pasión Turca, Vive La Mariée, Impromptu, Christopher Columbus, A Touch of Spice, and a feature film debut in The Mahabharata. His most popular television appearances include La Bicyclette Bleue, L'Été Rouge in France, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles in the USA and Drifting Cities in Greece.

Biography

Georges Corraface is the son of the Greek symphonic and opera conductor, and violinist, Dimitri Chorafas, Cephalonian descendant of the Neapolitan Carafa family.[1] His multi-cultural background enables him to work in French, Greek, English, Spanish, German and Italian, in roles ranging from dramatic leads to eccentric characterizations. He is most popular in France, Greece and Spain, by virtue of box office hits, best actor awards and television celebrity he enjoys in these countries. Corraface won The International Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Film Award in 1996 for Slaughter of the Cock and the State Award for Best Actor of the Year in 2001 for To Tama (Word of Honor).[2] He was the president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival from 2005 to 2010.

Returning to the stage in Paris, France, in 2011, he created the role of Hook in Pan a musical adaptation of Peter Pan directed by Irina Brook. In 2012, Georges Corraface starred in British independent feature film Papadopoulos & Sons in which he played the playful and larger-than-life "Uncle Spiros".[3] The film was released in the UK through Cineworld on 5 April 2013.

In 2013, he wrote, directed and played in Burn Your House http://www.corraface.net/actus/actusen.htm in Paris a play based on a selection of works by Nikos Kazantzakis, he also joined the tour The Other Side of Greece,[4] a series of concerts in Paris, Brussels, Athens, with Filippos Pliatsikas and Babis Stokas and a number of outstanding artists.

He received the Nova Award for International Achievement at the 2013 Hellenic Film Academy Awards.[5]

He is currently pursuing his career as an actor, as well as branching out in the area of fiction and documentary film production.

He lives in Paris, France with his wife and writing partner Rosalie and their two children (Zoe Corraface, an actress/singer, and Ilya Chorafas, a documentary film-maker) and works in film, television, and theatre.

Selected credits

Films

Television

Theatre

Producer

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.akg-images.com/archive/-2UMDHUJYPWCN.html Dimitri(s)
  2. http://www.filmfestival.gr/2001/uk/awards_greek.html International Thessaloniki Film Festival official site
  3. News: The Hollywood Reporter. Papadopoulos & Sons - Palm Springs review. 11 January 2013. 10 April 2013.
  4. Web site: World Tour: 'The Other Side of Greece' | PORTES MAGAZINE . 2014-11-15 . 2014-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030816/http://www.portesmagazine.com/2014/05/09/word-tour-the-other-side-of-greece/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Aπονεμήθηκαν τα βραβεία της Ελληνικής Ακαδημίας Κινηματογράφου Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 3 April 2013.

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