At 27, he created a studio and produced and acted in Z, directed by Costa Gavras and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Yves Montand, and Irene Papas.
He also had a passion for cinema and worked on a number of film projects, the most famous of which is The Trojan Women (1971), starring Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave and Irene Papas.
Irène Joliot-Curie | Irene Worth | Irène Jacob | Irene Handl | Irene Dunne | Irene Cara | Irene | Papas Fritas | Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark | Irene Ryan | Hurricane Irene | Irene Tedrow | Irene Shubik | Irene Papas | Irene Dalis | Irene Abendroth | Vernon and Irene Castle | Papas Fritas (album) | Irene of Montferrat | Irene Mathyssen | Irene Lewisohn | Destiny (Irene Adler) | Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta | María Irene Fornés | Mamas & Papas | Irene Stegun | Irene Rich | Irene (musical) | Irene Kantakouzene | Irene Hervey |
Since 1993, a succession of leading lights of international cinema, including Francis Ford Coppola, Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve and Irene Papas, have visited the Festival.
An Italian, Yugoslavian, German and French (Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française) coproduction, it was directed by Franco Rossi, Piero Schivazappa and Mario Bava; the cast included Bekim Fehmiu as Ulysses and Irene Papas as Penelope, Samson Burke as the Cyclops, as well as Barbara Bach and Gerard Herter (of Caltiki fame).