The last “goodbye” to award-winning director, producer and writer Lakis Papastathi, who passed away at the age of 79, was said today from the Byron cemetery by family, relatives and friends, people from cinema and television.

Lakis Papastathis was married to the actress Yvonne Maltezou and together they had a son, Argyris.

Among the famous people who accompanied the great creator to his last residence were Dionysis Savvopoulos, Lina Nikolakopoulou, Angelos Antonopoulos, Stamatis Fasoulis, Kostas Arzoglou, Dimitris Kataleifos, Pantelis Voulgaris, Christos Chatzipanagiotis, Sia Anagnostopoulou, Eleni Zioga, Aias Manthopoulos, Sofia Zaharaki et al.

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A special chapter of his life was the close friendship and collaboration with Dionysis Savvopoulos. In December 1973, Lakis Papastathis collaborated for the first time with Savvopoulos, undertaking the film direction for the songwriter’s musical spectacle entitled “Third of Shadows” at the “Kyttaro” boutique. Immediately after the dictatorship, Lakis Papastathis directed the show “I’m very happy Savvopoulos”, the first appearance of Savvopoulos on Greek television. Their last collaboration took place in 1999 with the direction of the video clip of the song “First of Two Thousand” from the album “The Timekeeper”.

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Lakis Papastathis is considered one of the most important directors of his generation and at the same time one of the founders of the cultural documentary on Greek television, mainly through the show “Behind the scenes”, which he created together with the director Takis Hatzopoulos in 1976.

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He was one of the main representatives of the New Greek Cinema, but also a multifaceted creative person, who left his mark in various types of art and with different means of expression (cinema, television, literature, criticism, etc.).

Lakis Papastathis directed a total of four feature films: “The Time of the Greeks” (1981), “Theofilos” (1987), “The only life of a taxi” (2001), “Journey to Mytilene” (2010). His films won many film awards in Greece, including directorial and best film at the Thessaloniki Film Festival and the National Film Awards, while also participating in international festivals.