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A. C. was born in Agrinion, Greece in 1985. He is a graduate of the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2011). He has worked in several theatre productions as an assistant production designer and in films as an assistant director and casting director. He has directed the award-winning short films Student Occupation, Chelsea-Barcelona and I’ll take a deep breath and I’ll tell you and the documentary films Bullying Diaries, The Battle of Lepanto and two episodes of the historical documentary series Pirates of the Aegean. He directed the TV series (The Generation of ’30, The Neoclassicals: The Countess of the Factory, Mary Mary Mary), music videos, teasers for theatrical plays and projects commissioned by the Hellenic Post, Artogether – Art of People with and without Disabilities, Onassis Stegi and Cavafy Archive. In 2014, his feature script What a silly boy was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab in Istanbul. In 2020, he was selected to participate in Talents Sarajevo with his feature script The Village in the Woods (already supported by the Greek Film Center). The same year he received an award for his theatrical play Fuit in the biennial Playwriting Competition organised by the Greek State. He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by Artworks (2022). He just finished the filming of his short film Fuit (an adaptation of his own theatrical play).
*CV Photo by Vagelis Lainas
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED FESTIVALS, AWARDS)
2024 Fuit (short film, fiction, in post production)
2022 Mary Mary Mary (TV series, fiction)
The Countess of the Factory (3-episode TV movie, fiction)
Travelling Art (short,documentary)
2021 The Generation of ’30 (medium, documentary series)
The Battle of Lepanto (medium, TV documentary)
Chania Fim Festival
Who is Honorine Platzer? (short, dance video)
“Reflection of disability in art” International Festival, University of Macedonia
Athens Video Dance Project
Moving Body-Moving Image Festival, Barnard College
2019 Pirates of the Aegean (medium, documentary series)
Episode 3: Fire in the Cyclades
Episode 4: The White Sea
2015 17+1 stories about Panos, Caesar, Oikonomou (short, documentary)
2014 Bullying Diaries (medium, 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
Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Tangier
Ozu Film Festival, Italy
2009 Student Occupation (short film, fiction)
Honorary Distinction for Most Promising Director, National Short Film Festival in Drama
Ankara International Film Festival