Tonia Marketaki Photo

Tonia Marketaki

Directing

0.2 Popularity Jul 28, 1942 (51 years old) Piraeus, Greece

Tonia Marketaki (Greek: Τώνια Μαρκετάκη; 28 July 1942 – 26 July 1994) was a Greek film director and screenwriter. She was born in Pireas and spent many of her childhood years in the Zografou district of Athens. Her maternal origins are from Kardamyla, in the island of Chios.

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Tonia Marketaki (Greek: Τώνια Μαρκετάκη; 28 July 1942 – 26 July 1994) was a Greek film director and screenwriter. She was born in Pireas and spent many of her childhood years in the Zografou district of Athens. Her maternal origins are from Kardamyla, in the island of Chios.

She received her formal training at IDHEC in Paris and upon her return to Greece she worked as a film critic in various newspapers from 1963 until 1967. The same year sees the completion of her first short-film creation and subsequent imprisonment by the then recently established Colonels' regime. Upon her release Marketaki fled abroad, working as an assistant editor in the U.K. and a director of educational films for illiterate farmers in Algeria.

In 1971 she again returned to her home-country. Apart from her three full-length films, she also directed a number of theatrical plays and a television series called Lemonodasos.

Her final film Krystallines nyhtes was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. She died suddenly of a heart attack two days before her 52nd birthday.

Filmography 15

1992
Crystal Nights Movie

Sound Editor

1992
Crystal Nights Movie

Idea

1992
Crystal Nights Movie

Writer

1992
Crystal Nights Movie

Director

1984
The Price of Love Movie

Director

1984
The Price of Love Movie

Screenplay

1978
Lemon grove TV

Director

1978
Lemon grove TV

Creator

1974
Kierion Movie
1973
John the Violent Movie

Screenplay

1973
John the Violent Movie

Producer

1973
John the Violent Movie

Director

1967
1967
Giannis and the Road Movie

Producer

1967
Giannis and the Road Movie

Director

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Personal Details

Known For Directing
Gender Female
Birthday July 28, 1942 (51 years old)
Died July 26, 1994
Place of Birth Piraeus, Greece
Also Known As Αντωνία Μαρκετάκη
Years Active 1967 - 1992
Popularity 0.2
Career Stats
15 Total Credits
1 Movie Roles
1 Photos