Ilove documentaries: they’re like “a window to the world” telling us amazing yet true stories about real people who live among us. The alternative approach to truth that documentarians declare through their films fascinates me. As a documentary script writer and researcher I have worked with local and international partners on different documentary projects.

BUZZ

BUZZ

Written, directed & produced by Spiro N. Taraviras © 2006, by Spiro N. Taraviras

Script Supervisor & Assistant to the Director : Maria P. Koufopoulou

“Spiro N. Taraviras’ documentary “Buzz” chronicles the life of a tireless worker of the Hollywood “dream factory” of the middle of the last century, weaving it together with stories about the working-class experience, labor practices and the Hollywood blacklist. A.I. Bezzerides, Buzz to his friends, had a long, fruitful writing career in the 1940s and ’50s, churning out pulp novels and scripts for film noir classics such as “On Dangerous Ground” and “Kiss Me Deadly.” Yet, like many screenwriters, he remains mostly unknown today”. Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

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COLOSSI OF LOVE

directed by Niko Mistriotis 2010

Research – Scenario: Maria P. Koufopoulou

Orpheus Award for Best Documentary at Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2010,

Nominee for Best TV Documentary at Prix Europa 2010

International coproduction ARTE – XYZ-productions – ERT

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HIPPIE.HIPPIE.MATALA! MATALA!

directed by Yorgos Varelas (2013)

Idea – Research – Scenario: Maria P. Koufopoulou

Official Selection International Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

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