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Iranian-Finnish writer and filmmaker
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Alexis Kouros (born 1961, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian-Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director, and producer.

His first book, Gondwana's Children, won the Finlandia Junior Award in 1997. His first film was the 2000 documentary, Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle, the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri.

He also directed a documentary called Without My Daughter in response to the 1991 Hollywood movie, Not Without My Daughter. He started his production company Dream Catcher. The company began publishing Finland's first English language monthly called SixDegrees in 2003. Helsinki Times, a weekly English newspaper, was established by Dream Catcher in April 2007. Kouros went on to become the editor-in-chief for the Helsinki Times.

Kourosh is an Iranian Kurd.

Works

Books

Films

  • Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle, 2000
  • Without my Daughter, 2003
  • Rubina doesn't live here anymore.., 2002
  • Chosen, 2003
  • Rooted
  • Kokonainen, 2005

TV series

References

  1. "Discussion with the Editor in Chief of Helsinki Times: Dr. Alexis Kouros". Embassy of Malaysia, Helsinki. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. Kouros, Alexis (1997). Gondwanan lapset. Lasten Keskus. p. 120. ISBN 978-9-516-27157-9.
  3. "Without my Daughter". Variety. 10 April 2003. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. "New Finnish Chinese-Language Daily". Language Magazine. ISSN 1542-5576.
  5. "Police probe Turku stabbing spree as 'terror attack'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. "Päätoimittaja Alexis Kouros: Turvapaikanhakijoiden kotouttaminen on ..." Yle Finland. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  7. "Maahanmuuttajat haluavat valtakunnanpolitiikkaan". Verkkouutiset [fi] (in Finnish). Kansalliskustannus [fi]. 26 February 1999. Retrieved 25 January 2023. Iranin kurdi,kirjailija, lääkäri Alexis Kouros
  8. "ILMAN TYTARTANI (WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER), 2003". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  9. "Chosen: Alexi Kouros, Finland". IDFA.

Further reading

  • "GALLERIES MUSEUMS AND ARTISTS". Art in America. United States. ISSN 0004-3214.
  • Nesselson, Lisa (2003-04-21). "WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER (Film)". Variety. Gothenburg, Sweden. ISSN 0042-2738.

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