Basil Maros

Vasilis Maros or Basil Maros (Greek: Βασίλης Μάρος; 1929 – 10 November 2002) was a Greek photographer, cinematographer, and documentary film director with international collaborations, including work with 20th Century Fox, the BBC, and Italian and German television. He was born in Athens in 1929 and died on 10 November 2002, leaving a significant body of documentary films focused on Greek history, folklore, religious traditions, and the arts. Maros developed an early interest in photography; after WWII and imprisonment in a forced labor camp, he studied photography in Munich (1948–49) and ser…