He was born in Athens in 1940 and studied at the Stavrakou Film School. He worked initially as an assistant director and made his first short in 1965. Since then his films have won international acclaim and numerous awards establishing his reputation as one of the foremost Greek film directors of his generation. Pandelis Vouglaris has also directed several documentaries for Greek television and the hour-long documentary on the poet Yannis Ritsos for German Television. He has also directed for the stage. In 1995 Pantelis Voulgaris was honoured by the Museum of Modern Art in New York with a mid-career retrospective.
Filmography
1998 It’s a long road
1995 Acropole
1991 Quiet days in August
1988 The striker with the No 9
1987 Yannis Ritsos (Ein traum von leben und brot), Doc
1985 Stone years
1983 The veterans, TV Program
1982 The garden with the statues, TV Program
1981 Mytilene: in the days that we lived, Doc
1981 The manor houses of Mytilene, Doc
1980 Yannoulis Halepas, Doc
1980 Tinos: Popular stone sculpting, Doc
1980 Eleftherios Venizelos
1910-1927
1976 Happy Day
1973 The great love songs
1972 Anna’s engagement
1971 The goat dance, Short - Doc
1966 Jimmy the tiger, Short
1965 The thief, Short