Acting
Dec 31, 1945
Drama, Greece
Dimitris Kamberidis
Acting
Biography
Dimitris Kamperidis (Drama 1946 - 12 September 2010) was a Greek actor. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre and Pellos Katselis. While still a student, he participated in performances at the National Theatre and the State Theatre of Northern Greece (NTNG), but also as a dancer in the Choirika group of Zouzou Nikoloudi. He made his professional debut as an actor at the People's Theatre of Manos Katrakis and was a founding member of the core that created the Free Theatre (as a member of the group of graduates of the school in 1970). In the 1980s, together with other members of the Free Theatre, they created the "Amore" theatre and the "Theater of Athens" group. He had collaborated in dozens of performances with the Art Theater, the Spyros Evangelatos Amphitheater, the National Theater, the National Theatre of Greece and many independent troupes. In the three-year period 2003-2006, he participated in a series of productions of the National Theatre of Greece such as Katerinaki from Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist (2003), Irene by Aristophanes (2005), Ivanov by Anton Chekhov (2005), Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides (2006), etc. He also appeared in many television series and many films by Theodoros Angelopoulos, Pantelis Voulgaris, Lakis Papastathis, Nikos Smaragdis, etc. He became particularly well-known to the general public from the television series Logo Timis, Eisas to tairio mou and Sto kamping. In addition, he had written a novella, entitled The Ark of Pelagia.
Feature Films (20)
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
A biographical film about the great Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos for the period between 1910-1927. The film highlights his vision of a Greater Greece and refers to important events in Greek history such as the formation of a government by Venizelos after the Goudi movement, his dispute with the King over Greece's stance in the First World War, the temporary his withdrawal from politics after his defeat in the 1920 elections and the Asia Minor disaster. A biography of the former Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos and the recreation of his acts and the political and social climate in Greece from 1910 to 1927.
Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their feet is still bleeding…
The Hunters
Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to the sunnier climes of the Greek island of Corfu.
My Family and Other Animals
Odysseus is a model employee in Haramis Inc, a large company with an unscrupulous boss, Mr Haramis. When an oil spill puts the boss in a difficult situation, Odysseus gets the blame and he is sent to jail unfairly. In jail, he meets a junkyard dealer and an out-of-work mathematician with a fixation on the chaos theory. The three meet again once out of jail and decide to start a rubbish recycling company, which unfortunately, soon becomes successful enough to challenge the profits of Haramis Inc. Odysseus and his former boss cross swords again and end up in court - The moot point, who owns rubbish?
The Very Poor, Inc.
Television & Series (13)
A young beautiful girl who has a relationship with both a young man and his father. When she learns the truth about the two men she is connected to, she does nothing to straighten things out and things start to get complicated.
Anastasia
The series evolves during a laid-back summer at a camping in Peloponesse, Greece. Takis is an entrepreneur who sets up and manages a campsite on a picturesque coast of the Peloponesse. He staffs the campsite with locals, including his cousin Mitsos who is a horse breeder and works as the riding instructor of the campsite. The series details the short-lived relations and interactions between campsite staff and guests, and especially the summer love of Mitsos with Samantha–an English tourist.
At the Campsite
A woman who did not experience a carefree youth. A romance that arrived unexpectedly, at the wrong time. When she attempts to make up for lost time and reclaim the life she never lived, she must pay the price. The series' protagonist—a Greek refugee from Odessa—married a much older man at sixteen and had a son with him. He constantly cheated on her and eventually left her for a younger woman. She raised her son on her own and, now forty-five, has finally got her life in order.
