CV
A. C. was born in Agrinion, Greece in 1985. In 2011 he graduaded from the University of Athens with a degree from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications. Since 2004 he has worked in several theatre productions and movies as an assistant and casting director (The Heart of the Beast by R. Haralambidis, Homeland by S. Tzoumerkas, A Blast by S. Tzoumerkas, Vourkoti by H. Mastrandréas etc). He directed (and wrote the last two of them) the awarded short films Student Occupation, Chelsea-Barcelona and I’ll take a deep breath and I’ll tell you and the TV documentary feature film Bullying Diaries for the Smile of the Child. He has worked as a director on different projects of Hellenic Post, Cavafy Archive and Onassis Cultural Center. He has directed music videos, theatrical play teasers and two episodes for the TV documentary series Pirates of the Aegean (for OPEN BEYOND channel). In 2014, his feature script What a silly boy was selected for the !f Istanbul-Sundance Screenwriters Lab. In 2020 he was selected in the Talents Sarajevo with his feature film script The Village in the Woods. In 2021 he directed the TV feature docudrama “The Battle of Lepanto” (History Channel of Cosmote TV). Now he works as a director for the TV docudrama series The Generation of ’30 for the same channel.
FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED FESTIVALS, AWARDS)
2021 The Battle of Lepanto (feature, TV documentary)
Docudrama about the famous battle of Lepanto (1451 AC)
2019 Pirates of the Aegean (feature, TV documentary series)
Episode 3: Fire in the Cyclades
Episode 4: The White Sea
2016 Transitions 3: Central Europe (short, documentary)
Presentation of Onassis Cultural Centre festival Transitions, focusing on Central Europe
Exploring the “Other” Home (short, documentary)
The making of the theatrical play The “Other” Home, produced by Onassis Cultural Centre
2015 17+1 stories about Panos, Caesar, Oikonomou (short, documentary)
Documentary about poet, teacher and radio producer Panos Oikonomou
2014 Bullying Diaries (feature, TV documentary)
Human Rights Film Festival “With Open Eyes”, Venice
2013 I’ll take a deep breath and I’ll tell you (short film, fiction)
Athens International Film Festival “Opening Nights”
Greek Film Week, Belgrade
2012 Chelsea-Barcelona (short film, fiction)
2nd Prize for Best Fiction Film / Honorary Distinction for the Best Screenplay / Honorary Distinction for an Actor in a Leading Role to Makis Papadimitriou, National Short Film Festival in Drama
Cinematic Achievement Award, Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival
El Rey Award for Excellence in Cinematography, Barcelona International Film Festival
Nomination for Best Short Film, Hellenic Film Academy Awards
Dresden International Short Film Festival (“Focus Greece: Society in Motion” section)
Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier
Ozu Film Festival, Italy (“Work-related Films” section)
2009 Student Occupation (short film, fiction)
Honorary Distinction for Most Promising Director, National Short Film Festival in Drama
Ankara International Film Festival (“Drama Film Festival Selection” section)