‘Zorba The Greek’ Director Dies

Michael Cacoyannis, the Cyprus born-filmmaker and screenwriter who directed the 1964 film classic “Zorba the Greek,” has died at an Athens, Greece, hospital. He was 89. Officials at a state-run hospital said Cacoyannis died early yesterday of complications from a heart attack and chronic respiratory problems. Cacoyannis won multiple awards and worked with such well-known actors as Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave and Candice Bergen. But he was best known internationally for the Academy Award-winning “Zorba the Greek” – the 1964 adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ novel starring Anthony Quinn