Production
Community Rating
5.0
TMDB estimate
Died
May 26, 1982
Born in
Batousa, Lesvos
James Paris (1921 – 26 May 1982), born Dimitris Paraschakis, was a Greek film producer. Born in 1921 in the village of Vatoussa, Lesvos, he studied at the Agricultural School of Thessaloniki and the Agricultural Institute of the University of Beirut in Lebanon. In 1948 he emigrated to America and during his first years in the US he studied at the 20th Century Fox Film School, obtained American citizenship and became director of the advertising department of United Artists (1948-1952). After working as a production manager on 20th Century Fox films, he returned to Greece in the late 1950s, giving a new lease of life to film productions. In about a decade, he produced 54 Greek films, many of which were distinguished at the Thessaloniki Film Festival (5 Best Film Awards) and were box office successes. His first film was The Company of Miracles (1963) directed by Stefanos Stratigos. James Parris, the producer thanks to whom the concept of "overproduction" became known in the Greek cinema, died in 1982 at the age of 61.

1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
2021

Dangerous Cargo
as Producer
1977

Mikaela, The Sweet Temptation
as Producer
1975

Lesbian August
as Producer
1974

Hippocrates And Democracy
as Producer
1972

Papaflessas
as Producer
1971

For a Handful of Tourist ladies
as Producer
1971

The Deserter
as Producer
1970

The last of the Komitadjis
as Producer
1970

Armida, the Tragedy of a Wife
as Producer
1970

At the Battle of Crete
as Producer
1970

The Wild Pussycat
as Producer
1969

I Blame My Body
as Writer, Story
1968

The Brightest Star
1967

Ο 13ος
as Story, Producer
1967

Persecution
as Writer
1964

The 201 Canaries
as Producer
1964

Company of Miracles
as Producer
1962

Serenity
as Producer
1961

Antigone
as Producer
1961