CV
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”; as well as the documentary feature films “Bullying Diaries” (for the Greek child welfare organisation The Smile of the Child) and “The Battle of Lepanto” (for Cosmote History TV) and two episodes of the historical documentary series “Pirates of the Aegean” (for Open TV). He co-directed the docudrama series “The Generation of ’30” (for Cosmote History TV) and the three-episode TV film “The Countess of the Factory” (for Alpha TV). In addition, he has directed music videos 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 “!f Istanbul-Sundance Screenwriters Lab”. In 2020, he was selected to participate in the program “Talents Sarajevo” with his feature script “The Village in the Woods”, while the same project has been 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). Now he directs the TV fiction series “Mary Mary Mary” (for Mega TV).
*CV Photo by Vagelis Lainas
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED FESTIVALS, AWARDS)
2022 Mary Mary Mary (TV series, fiction)
The Countess of the Factory (3-episode TV movie, fiction)
2021 The Generation of ’30 (feature, docudrama series)
The Battle of Lepanto (feature, 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 (feature, historical 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 (feature, 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