Nico Papatakis was an Ethiopianborn Greek filmmaker who lived in France Papatakis was born in Addis Ababa Ethiopia and spent his early years between Ethiopia and Greece In 1939 he established himself in Paris and worked as an extra in films Eventually he owned the famous Parisian club La Rose Rouge where performers included singer Juliette Gréco He was married to actress Anouk Aimée from 1951 to 1954 and with her he had a daughter Manuela Papatakis born in 1951 He was then married to actress Olga Karlatos from 1967 to 1982 with whom he had a son Serge Papatakis born in 1967 In 1957 Papatakis moved to New York City met John Cassavetes and became coproducer of Cassavetes Shadows 1959 In 1963 his first film Les Abysses enjoyed a Succès de scandale and was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival which refused to show it4 It was based on Jean Genets The Slavescitation needed In 1967 he directed another film Oi Voskoi The Shepherds in Greek During the Algerian War he was active in the Front de Liberation National He returned to filmmaking in 1987 with a film in Greek I Photografia The Photograph His last movie was Walking a Tightrope 1992
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