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name: "Mikis Theodorakis"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 July 1925"
died: "2 September 2021"
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average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
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# Mikis Theodorakis

Composer. Born 29 July 1925 in Chios, Greece. Died 2 September 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 July 1925, Chios, Greece
- **Died:** 2 September 2021
- **Active:** 1964–1969
- **Also known as:** Míkis Theodorakis, Μιχαήλ "Μίκης" Θεοδωράκης, Μίκης Θεοδωράκης
- **Frequently works with:** [Irene Papas](https://film.one/person/irene-papas.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikis_Theodorakis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27439

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Z*](https://film.one/film/z.md) (84)

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## Biography

Mikis Theodorakis (also credited as Míkis Theodorakis) was a Greek composer. He wrote the score for the film *Zorba the Greek* (1964).

His other film scores include *Z* (1969), *Serpico* (1973), *State of Siege* (1972) and *Iphigenia* (1977). He was born on 29 July 1925 in Chios, Greece, and died on 2 September 2021 in Athens.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Z* (1969), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)
- *Zorba the Greek* (1964), Fi1m 67, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/zorba-the-greek.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy* (2023), as (Archive footage)
- *Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road* (2017), as Mikis Theodorakis · Music
- *The Stubborn Donkey* (2008), Music, Thanks
- *The Seventh Sun of Love* (2001), Music
- *Δροσουλίτες* (2001), series, Sound
- *About Winds and Waters* (2000), series, Sound
- *Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Misioni përtej detit* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Greece: The Hidden War* (1986), Music
- *Athens, Return to the Acropolis* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *An Uncompromising Man* (1979), Music
- *Iphigenia* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Letters from Marusia* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Evidence* (1975), Music, Songs
- *The Secret Carrier* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Songs of Fire* (1975), as Songs · Music
- *The Rehearsal* (1974), as Music
- *Serpico* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The Battle of Sutjeska* (1973), Music
- *The Hunchback* (1973), Sound
- *State of Siege* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Biribi* (1971), Music
- *The Trojan Women* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Nausicaa* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Z* (1969), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)
- *Punisher* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Lost Generation* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Day the Fish Came Out* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *A Bullet Through the Heart* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *From Greece* (1966), Music
- *The Roundup* (1965), Music
- *Storm* (1965), Music
- *Zorba the Greek* (1964), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/zorba-the-greek.md)
- *Five Miles to Midnight* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Lovers of Teruel* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Phaedra* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Electra* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Synoikia to Oneiro* (1961), Music
- *The Shadow of the Cat* (1961), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Honeymoon* (1959), Music
- *Ill Met by Moonlight* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Eva* (1953), Music

## Gallery

- ![Mikis Theodorakis](https://film.one/media/person/1241910/gallery-dc0e02d85de3.jpg) Mikis Theodorakis — Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mikis_Theodorakis_Fabrik_070004.jpg/1280px-Mikis_Theodorakis_Fabrik_070004.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Griekse componinst Mikis Theodorakis in Nederland, Theodorakis dirigee (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/1241910/gallery-8444ed806e91.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Griekse componinst Mikis Theodorakis in Nederland, Theodorakis dirigee (1972) — Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Griekse_componinst_Mikis_Theodorakis_in_Nederland%2C_Theodorakis_dirigeert%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-3327.jpg/1280px-Griekse_componinst_Mikis_Theodorakis_in_Nederland%2C_Theodorakis_dirigeert%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-3327.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Griekse componinst Mikis Theodorakis in Nederland, Theodorakis, kop Da (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/1241910/gallery-8e872bd6045d.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Griekse componinst Mikis Theodorakis in Nederland, Theodorakis, kop Da (1972) — Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Griekse_componinst_Mikis_Theodorakis_in_Nederland%2C_Theodorakis%2C_kop%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-3325.jpg/1280px-Griekse_componinst_Mikis_Theodorakis_in_Nederland%2C_Theodorakis%2C_kop%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-3325.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Griekse componist/dirigent (in Amsterdam) Mikis Theodorakis op Rembran (1978)](https://film.one/media/person/1241910/gallery-33015e1a2dda.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Griekse componist/dirigent (in Amsterdam) Mikis Theodorakis op Rembran (1978) — Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Griekse_componistdirigent_%28in_Amsterdam%29_Mikis_Theodorakis_op_Rembrandtplein%2C_Bestanddeelnr_929-5497.jpg/1280px-Griekse_componistdirigent_%28in_Amsterdam%29_Mikis_Theodorakis_op_Rembrandtplein%2C_Bestanddeelnr_929-5497.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mikis Theodorakis](https://film.one/media/person/1241910/gallery-e517c328878c.jpg) Mikis Theodorakis — Image via TMDB
- ![Porträt Mikis Theodorakis, Oktober 2004 - Photo: Guy Wagner](https://film.one/media/person/1241910/gallery-330a7ab44f12.jpg) Porträt Mikis Theodorakis, Oktober 2004 - Photo: Guy Wagner — Guy Wagner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Mikis2004.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Theodorakis, Griekse componist, nog steeds gevangen gehouden in Griekenland (in Parijs archief) / Documentnummer: 920-7047/ Fotograaf: ANEFO / Anefo 14 septembe (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/1241910/gallery-edc60f38b427.jpg) Theodorakis, Griekse componist, nog steeds gevangen gehouden in Griekenland (in Parijs archief) / Documentnummer: 920-7047/ Fotograaf: ANEFO / Anefo 14 septembe (1967) — Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Mikis_Theodorakis_in_Paris.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1970: Best Original Music (won), for *Z*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Honorary Member of the Athens Academy 2013: Honorary Member of the Athens Academy (won)
- Lenin Peace Prize 1983: Lenin Peace Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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