Giannis Dalianidis was born in
Thessaloniki on 31 December 1923. He started his career as a dancer under the nickname Giannis Dal. From 1958, he worked in cinema, initially as a screenwriter and afterwards as a director. In 1959 he directed his first film,
Mousitsa and sometime later
Laos kai Kolonaki. In 1961 he started to cooperate with the
Finos Films the most successful Greek film production company. He directed such films as
The Downhill,
Liar Wanted, and
Gorgones ke Manges, among others. Dalianidis mainly excelled in musical films. This genre, in Greece, is today closely related with Dalianidis. He directed over 70 films and 10 television series. ==Selected filmography==