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Terry Dougas is the Greek who conquers the movie industry in Hollywood by his directing skills.
Nektarios, which is the Christian name of Dougas, was born on 25 May 1977 in Vancouver, Canada. Terry Dougas, accompanied by his parents, came to their homeland Greece. Terry graduated school in the city of Volos. Child of a poor family, left for Toronto in order to make his dream to study economics.
However, an introductory lesson to the7th art, back in 1996, was the beginning of his journey into the magical world of entertainment. He traveled to Los Angeles, with little money and armed only by his fluent knowledge of the English language – hence comes the name Terry, so he was called in his childhood years by his friends in Volos.
He enrolled in film school at UCLA. Looking for a house, he approached the Greek Church. From there he was sent to Mrs Charieta, who hosted him for four months, he was not ashamed to state that he was sleeping in a … sofa, facing the hill with the sign «Hollywood».
He began by helping in the production of video clips. The shooting took place in sprawling areas and rappers haunts. At the university he became close to a much older fellow student of his, offspring of the Guggenheim family – of the famous museum, who introduced him to the producer Mark Gordon, «more to get rid of me» admits Terry. However, this introduction was meant to be the beginning of the dawn of his career.
HBO suggested to Gordon to shoot a film, and he took Dougas with him, who became production manager of the film. Step by step, his range became wider in the film industry, however, the productions that he was undertaking had remarkable cost and he had lack of money. Having found himself at a very difficult financial position, he received a call from Barbara Ntefina, a Martin Scorsese’s producer, for “Brides” by Pantelis Voulgaris. Terry was interested, he spoke with the Greek director’s lawyer and the co-operation was a fact. After “Brides” he filmed “Time to kill” with Nicolas Cage.
In 2005 he met Paris Kasidokostas with whom they founded the 1821 Media Group. 1821 Media is a multimedia production and finance company that specializes in high quality films, television, graphic novels and digital media. The company has forged successful partnerships with major studios as well as independent filmmakers such as actress Natalie Portman and comic book legend Stan Lee. After “Mr Nobody” they take over as producers to “Extreme Sommer” presented by the television of ALPHA.
Now, one job comes after another. The comedy film “The invention of lying” and “The box”, a thriller with Cameron Diaz which came out in 2009, the documentary film “With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story” which came out in 2010, the film “And While We Were Here” which came out in 2012, the action film “Machete Kills” in 2013, the horror film “Extraterrestrial” in 2014 , the comedy-drama film “Grandma” which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, the film “Run the Tide” in 2015.
As for their plans? They have a lot and there are the upcoming films “Run the Tide”, the western “Jane Got a Gun” and the thriller “Mena”.
[Nektarios, which is the Christian name of Dougas, graduated school in the city of Volos. Child of a poor family, left for Toronto in order to make his dream come true, to study economics. However, an introductory lesson to the7th art, back in 1996, was the beginning of his journey into the magical world of entertainment. He traveled to Los Angeles, with few pocket money and armed only by his fluent knowledge of the English language – hence comes the name Terry, so he was called in his childhood years by his friends in Volos.
He enrolled in film school at UCLA. Looking for a house, he approached the Greek Church. From there he was sent to Mrs Charieta, who hosted him for four months – he was not ashamed to state that he was sleeping in a … sofa, facing the hill with the sign «Hollywood».
He began by helping in the production of video clips. The shooting took place in sprawling areas and rappers haunts. At the university he became close to a much older fellow student of his, offspring of the Guggenheim family- of the famous museum, who introduced him to the producer Mark Gordon, «more to get rid of me» admits Nektarios. However, this introduction was meant to be the beginning of the dawn of his career.
HBO suggested to Gordon to shoot a film, and he took Dougas with him, who became production manager of the film. Step by step, his range became wider in the film industry, however, the productions that he was undertaking had remarkable cost and he had lack of money. Having found himself at a very difficult financial position, he received a call from Barbara Ntefina, a Martin Scorsese’s producer, for «Brides» by Pantelis Voulgaris. Terry was interested, he spoke with the Greek director’s lawyer and the co-operation was a fact. After “Brides” he filmed «Time to kill» with Nicolas Cage.
In 2005 he met Paris Kasidokostas with whom they founded the 1821 Pictures. After «Mr Nobody» they take over as producers to «Extreme Sommer» presented by the television of ALPHA. Now, one job comes after another. «The box», a thriller with Cameron Diaz who came out last October in U.S. theaters, is their pride.
As for their plans? They have a lot. One of them, the film «Sinister», with ten teenagers who go to a party at Delos and conclude to be chased by an assassin, «Spree», with a writer of thrillers being hunted by an enthusiast fan of him and the production of «Superchick» with Paris Hilton in collaboration with Stan Lee for MTV.[:]
