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He was born in Veroia, a small town in the North of Greece. He studied Finance and Politics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Film Directing at the Stavrakos Film School. After graduating, he worked as assistant director and directed three short films, winning the first prize at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 1991 for “Enos Leptou Sigi” (“A Moment’s Silence”). He then went on to direct the TV film “Kerees” /“Antenae” (1995) and the features “Love is an Elephant” (2000) and “Save Me” (2001), which won the Greek State Film Awards as Best actress for Maria Zorba and was voted as one of the 20 best Greek films ever made, at Thessaloniki Film Festival 2014. He moved to Berlin in 2004, where he worked on theoretical writings. Returned to Athens in 2009 for his third feature “45m2” (2010). He, then, wrote and directed his first theatrical play “Kafsi/Ashes” which played in the theater Olvio, in Athens, 2012-13. This play turned by him into a script and became his fourth film, completed in the beginning of 2016. His fifth film “Night Out”, a comedy about Berlin’s night life, was shot in Berlin during summer 2016. He is a founding member of the Hellenic Film Academy

Feature films

 * 2017 Night Out
 * 2016 Καύση (Ashes)
 * 2010 45 τετραγωνικά (45m2)
 * 2001 Σώσε με (Save Me)
 * 2000 Η αγάπη είναι ελέφαντας (Love Is an Elephant)

TV

 * 1995 Kerees (Antenae), ERT

Shorts films

 * 1991 Enos Leptou Sigi (A Moment’s Silence), First Prize at the Thessaloniki Film Festival
 * 1987 Moro Mou (Oh Babe)
 * 1984 Stuck

Theater

 * 2013 Kafsi/Ashes, Theater Olvio, December 2012 – February 2013