Following the Greek Civil War, Greek cinema experienced a revival. Inspired by Italian neorealism, directors such as Grigoris Grigoriou and Stelios Tatasopoulos created works during this period shot on location using non-professional actors. During the 1950s and 1960s, Greek cinema experienced a golden age, starting with Michael Cacoyannis's "Stella" (1955), which was screened at Cannes. The 1960 film "Never on Sunday" was nominated for five Academy Awards, and its lead actress, Melina Mercouri, won the Best Actress Award at Cannes. Cacoyannis's "Zorba the Greek" (1964) won three Academy Awards. Other films released in this era, such as "The Counterfeit Coin" and "The Ogre of Athens" are nowadays considered some of the greatest works of Greek cinema.