Jim Gianopulos, Chairman, CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, Coming to Greece

November 18, 2009 | Athens

Jim Gianopulos, Chairman, CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment

Jim Gianopulos, Chairman & CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, will visit Greece and address public audiences in Athens and Thessaloniki on November 22 and 23 respectively, as part of the “Great Ideas” series.

On Sunday, November 22, at 11:00, Jim Gianopulos will attend a roundtable discussion at the John Kassavetes Theatre (Warehouse 1) in Thessaloniki with Danai Mikelli, graduate of Aristotle University’s Film School and Fulbright alumna and Toby Lee, a Harvard University visual anthropologist and Fulbright alumna.  Despina Mouzaki, Vice President & Thessaloniki Festival Director will deliver introductory remarks. The event is co-organized by the Great Ideas series and the 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and admission will be free.

On Monday, November 23, at 19:00, Jim Gianopulos will speak on “Hellenism and Hollywood: from Aristotle to Alexander (Payne)”, at Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, (Banquet Hall).  Admission will be free, with tickets available from 18:00 onwards on the same day.

On Tuesday November 24, at 11:30 Jim Gianopulos will address film professionals and students at the Greek Film Archive Foundation housed in cinema “Lais”, located at the junction of Iera Odos and Megalou Alexandrou streets.  The discussion will be conducted by Fulbright Alumna Toby Lee, Valerie Kontakos film producer and, Eleftheria Astrinaki filmmaker and Fulbright Alumna.

On Monday November 23, at 12.30, there will be a press conference at the Grande Bretagne Hotel (Golden A room).

Since 2006, the “Great Ideas” series has supported educational and cultural connections between Greece and the United States.  The goal of the series is to bring noted American experts to Greece to discuss current topics of interest.  The series is organized by the Embassy of the United States of America in Greece and the Fulbright Foundation, and is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The series was inaugurated with the visit of the noted bioethicist Dr. Ruth Faden in December 2007, followed by Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) Glenn Lowry in March 2008 and Dr. Richard Levin, President of Yale University, in May 2008.