Prodromos Meravidis was a pioneer of Greek cinema.

Biography

He shot the first Greek movie with sound and established the first color film development lab. In 1933, Meravidis filmed Volos

Volos

Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...

 and Pelion

Pelion

Pelion or Pelium is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea...

, while in 1936 he presented the first talkie newsreels in the Cineak theatre.

In the early 1940s, along with other photographers and filmmakers, he shot several newsreels and other short films in the front lines in Albania

Greco-Italian War

The Greco-Italian War was a conflict between Italy and Greece which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkans Campaign of World War II...

. From 1945 until 1950, he filmed in all of Greece using 16 cm film on behalf of the Greek War Relief Fund, which financed the reconstruction of the countryside. His short film Kos

Kos

Kos or Cos is a Greek island in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese, next to the Gulf of Gökova/Cos. It measures by , and is from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey and the ancient region of Caria. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Kos peripheral unit, which is...

 (1949–50) was the first Greek color movie.

As cinematographer

Year	Film title (English translation)	Original title and transliteration
1939	Better late than never	Κάλλιο αργά παρά ποτέ Kallio arga para pote
1945	The villa with the waterlilies	Η βίλλα με τα νούφαρα I villa me ta noufara
1945	Crete Crete Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...	Κρήτη Kriti
1946	Tripoli Tripoli, Greece Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop... -Assea Asea, Greece Asea is a village in Arcadia, Greece, in the middle of the southern Peloponnese peninsula. Asea is about 20 km from both Tripoli and Megalopoli, and 190 km from Athens. Asea was the seat of the municipality of Valtetsi...	Τρίπολις- Ασέα
1956	Two Songs from Greece	Δυο Τραγούδια στην Ελλάδα Dyo Tragoudia stin Ellada
1947	Crete in Flames	Η Κρήτη στις φλόγες I Kriti stis floges
1948	100,000 Pounds 100,000 Pounds 100,000 Pounds is a 1948 Greek film directed by Alekos Leivaditis and starring Mimis Fotopoulos, Dinos Iliopoulos and Kaiti Panou. The film was produced by Mer Film which rose to the famous operator of the time Prodromos Meravides...	Εκατό χιλιάδες λίρες '"Ekato hiliades lires
1950	Kos	Η Κως I Kos
1951	Kidnapping in Crete	Απαγωγή στην Κρήτη Apagogi stin Kriti
1954	Open Sea	Ανοιχτή Θάλασσα Anihti Thalassa
1956	The Duchess of Piacenza	Η Δούκισσα της Πλακεντίας I Doukissa tis Plakendias
1958	Kos, the Island of Hippocrates Hippocrates Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine...	Κως, το νησί του Ιπποκράτους Kos, to nissi tou Ippokratous
1960	A Cruise in Rhodes Rhodes Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...	Κρουαζιέρα στη Ρόδο Krouaziera sti Rodo
1960	You Came Late	Ήρθες αργά Irthes arga

As producer

Year	Film title (English translation)	Original title and transliteration
1945	Crete Crete Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...	Κρήτη Kriti
1946	Tripoli Tripoli, Greece Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop... -Assea Asea, Greece Asea is a village in Arcadia, Greece, in the middle of the southern Peloponnese peninsula. Asea is about 20 km from both Tripoli and Megalopoli, and 190 km from Athens. Asea was the seat of the municipality of Valtetsi...	Τρίπολις- Ασέα
1950	Kos	Η Κως
1954	Open Sea	Ανοιχτή Θάλασσα Anihti Thalasa

As director

Year	Film title (English translation)	Original title and transliteration
1945	Crete Crete Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...	Κρήτη Kriti
1946	Tripoli Tripoli, Greece Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop... -Assea Asea, Greece Asea is a village in Arcadia, Greece, in the middle of the southern Peloponnese peninsula. Asea is about 20 km from both Tripoli and Megalopoli, and 190 km from Athens. Asea was the seat of the municipality of Valtetsi...	Τρίπολις- Ασέα
1950	I Kos	Η Κως

As editor

Year	Film title (English translation)	Original title and transliteration
1945	Crete Crete Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...	Κρήτη Kriti
1946	Tripoli Tripoli, Greece Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop... -Assea Asea, Greece Asea is a village in Arcadia, Greece, in the middle of the southern Peloponnese peninsula. Asea is about 20 km from both Tripoli and Megalopoli, and 190 km from Athens. Asea was the seat of the municipality of Valtetsi...	Τρίπολις- Ασέα
1948	100,000 Pounds 100,000 Pounds 100,000 Pounds is a 1948 Greek film directed by Alekos Leivaditis and starring Mimis Fotopoulos, Dinos Iliopoulos and Kaiti Panou. The film was produced by Mer Film which rose to the famous operator of the time Prodromos Meravides...	Εκατό χιλιάδες λίρες
1950	I Kos	Η Κως

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