ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC, ISAAC BEGAT JACOB, JACOB BEGAT…

He lives and works in Athens. In 1962 he started working as a camera assistant in renowned Greek studio Finos Films and three years later he took over as director of photography in the French-Greek production To bloko [The Block] (1965), directed by Adonis Kyros. He was a leading director of photography during the 1970s and 80s in Greece, working with directors like Theo Angelopoulos, Pantelis Voulgaris, Demos Theos, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, Nikos Nikolaidis Alexis Damianos, Tonia Marketaki, Nikos Perakis, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos etc. He directed his first short film in 1967, which was subsequently censored by the Greek junta. His first feature film, Honeymoon, which he wrote, directed, produced, DoP’d and edited was presented in the Thessaloniki Film Festival and went on to win Best New Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. Τill today he has directed six more feature films. Being a cinematographer, he has been director, producer, scriptwriter, DoP. and editor of almost all his films.