# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michalis-cacoyannis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:59:54.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michalis-cacoyannis"
name: "Michalis Cacoyannis"
slug: "michalis-cacoyannis"
description: "Michalis Kakogiannis, usually credited as Michael Cacoyannis or Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriot filmmaker, theatre director, and playwright. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and editing Zorba the Greek (1964), an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name. He also directed the 1983 Broadway revival of the musical based on the film in addition to writing, directing, designing, and translating dozens of stage play and opera productions."
tagline: "Greek film and stage director (1922–2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Michael_Cacoyannis.jpeg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1922-06-11"
deathDate: "2011-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2375
  historical:           22.85126933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0128050"
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    url:       "http://www.mcf.gr/en/micheal_cacoyannis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump