Lykourgos Stavrakos

Biography

Lykourgos Stavrakos (Greek: Λυκούργος Σταυράκος) was born on the 27th of July 1913 in Myrtia of Lakonia and died on the 26th of January 1999 in Athens, apart from his activity as a film producer Likourgos (or Lykourgos/Lycurgus due to the original Greek spelling) Stavrakos has been the most significant pioneer as a great founder of cinema and television education in Greece, which was his most undoubtedly invaluable contribution in arts and culture. A man of bright spirit and great interest for offering what was certainly needed in Greece in the post-war years concerning the film education and with no funding support from the State, he founded his School in 1948, where he developed and evolved the cinema and television studies.