---
name: "Nikos Papatakis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nikos-papatakis"
fi1m_id: "nikos-papatakis"
imdb_id: "nm0660346"
tmdb_id: 237865
wikidata_id: "Q3296634"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "4 July 1918"
died: "16 December 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:59:58.706467+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nikos Papatakis

## Identity

Nikos Papatakis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nikos-papatakis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nikos-papatakis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0660346
- **TMDB ID:** 237865
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3296634
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Papatakis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/237865

Producer. Born 4 July 1918 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Died 16 December 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 4 July 1918, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- **Died:** 16 December 2010
- **Also known as:** Νίκος Παπατάκης
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Papatakis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/237865

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Shadows*](https://film.one/film/shadows.md) (74)

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## Biography

Nikos Papatakis was a Greek filmmaker born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He moved to Paris in 1939, where he worked as a film extra and later owned the nightclub La Rose Rouge. In 1957 he relocated to New York, where he became co-producer of John Cassavetes' *Shadows* (1959).

Papatakis directed *Les Abysses* (1963), *Oi Voskoi* (1967), *The Photograph* (1986) and *Walking a Tightrope* (1992). He was also active in the Front de Libération Nationale during the Algerian War and produced Jean Genet's short film *Un Chant d'Amour* (1950). He died in Paris in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shadows* (1960), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shadows.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Walking a Tightrope* (1991), Director, Writer
- *The Photograph* (1987), Producer, Writer, Director
- *Short Circuit* (1981), Writer
- *Une page d'amour* (1980), Writer
- *Gloria Mundi* (1976), Writer, Director
- *Song of Love* (1972), Producer
- *Thanos and Despina* (1967), Director, Screenplay, Story
- *The Depths* (1963), Director, Producer
- *Shadows* (1960), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shadows.md)
- *The Red Rose* (1951), as Director of “La Rose Rouge”

## Gallery

- ![Nikos Papatakis](https://film.one/media/person/3876912/gallery-49c1dfc4d57d.jpg) Nikos Papatakis — Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Papatakis_01.jpg/1280px-Papatakis_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nikos Papatakis](https://film.one/media/person/3876912/gallery-5b74c3b978a5.jpg) Nikos Papatakis — Image via TMDB
- ![Nikos Papatakis](https://film.one/media/person/3876912/gallery-ca4a07f80db8.jpg) Nikos Papatakis — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 2009: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)

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

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