Stavros Kelesidis

Biography

Stavros Kelesidis was an key member of Finos Film and one of the most important make-up artists of that time. A refugee from Russia, he arrived in Greece in 1938 from Soviet Union doing any work to survive. In 1939, he met Filopoimin Finos, when he was informed about the new studios that had recently been established in Kalamaki. His hands were rosy from the hard work he did and spoke little Greek. At that time, Finos and his team were shooting their first film, The Song of Separation (1940), an…