Creating emotions is my life.

Quality storytelling opens vast roads to communicate our visions and missions to large audiences worldwide.

This journey is never ending. Let's create the revolutionized world we desire to see.

Studies:

• Master of Arts on Media Communication & Rhetorics at Panteion University (with GPA at the level of Magna Cum Laude)

• Graduate of Theatre Drama School “Prova” (with GPA at the level of Summa Cum Laude)

• Bachelor of Social Sciences on Political Sciences & History at Panteion University

Multiple seminars, including:

• Seminar on Method Acting & Stanislavsky System with Andreas Manolikakis
  (Chair of Actor’s Studio Drama School) 

• Live Masterclass on Filmmaking with Werner Herzog

• Online Masterclasses with Oscar Winners; Martin Scorsese, Dustin Hoffman, Spike Lee, Natalie Portman, Helen Mirren, Aaron Sorkin, Steve Martin, Ron Howard, Hans Zimmer and others, in Filmmaking, Writing, Acting, Film Editing and other fields.

• Online Masterclasses on Drone Filmmaking, Color Grading, Davinci Resolve Editing,  and more.

Awards & Nominations

A total of 18 awards in 40 nominations have been received by my short films "Niki" (2023), "The Outcast Kid" (2020), "For Electra's Love" (2016) in the USA, Brazil, India, Japan, France, Italy, Turkey, Greece.

On a personal level,  there have 12 awards in 25 nominations and 5 capacities - directing, producing, writing, acting and editing. 

Awards:

“Niki”

Best Foreign Short Film - Kookai International Film Festival (India, 2024)
Best Creative Screenplay - Golden Bridge Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey, 2024)
Best Directing - Top Indie Awards (Japan, 2024)

“The Outcast Kid”

Best Film Outstanding Achievement - MLC Awards (USA, 2020)
Best Screenplay - Under The Stars IFF - HME (Italy, 2020)
Best Editing Jury Award - Golden Bridge Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey, 2020)
Best Message - Top Indie Awards (Japan, 2021)
Best Humour - Top Indie Awards (Japan, 2021)

“For Electra’s Love”

Best Short Film Audience Award - Athens Marathon International Film Festival (Greece, 2020)
Best Film Audience Award - Piraeus Film Festival (Greece, 2017)
Best Film Editing (shared with co-editor, Chris Baltas) - MLC Awards (USA, 2021)
Outstanding Ensemble Acting Performance (shared with co-star, Efi Kiouki) - MLC Awards (USA, 2021)

The three films also received:

• 5 more acting awards for Takis Papamatthaiou, Vasilis Sidiropoulos and Evelina Hapenciuk

• 1 award for best original music for Nikos Drogosis

Nominations:

“Niki”

Best Short Film - Top Indie Awards (Japan, 2024)

“The Outcast Kid”

Best Short Film - LIFFT India Filmotsav (India, 2020)
Best Screenplay - Under the Stars IFF Annual Awards (Italy, 2020)
Best Screenplay - Across the Globe Film Festival (USA, 2020)
Best Editing - MLC Awards (USA, 2020)
Best Director - Top Indie Awards (Japan, 2021)
Best Original Idea - Top Indie Awards (Japan, 2021)

“For Electra’s Love”

Best Long Short Film - The New Classic Cinema Festival (USA, 2016)
Best Innovative Film - The New Classic Cinema Festival (USA, 2016)
Best Original Screenplay - International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Nice (France, 2017)
Best Directorial Debut - The New Classic Cinema Festival (USA, 2016)
Best Leading Actor - The New Classic Cinema Festival (USA, 2016)
Best Film - MLC Awards (USA, 2021)

The three films also received:

• 6 more acting nominations for Angeliki Xenou, Efi Kiouki, Selina Diamantopoulou,
  Ero Lefa, Takis Papamatthaiou and Vasilis Sidiropoulos

• 2 cinematography nominations for Chris Baltas and Akis Valergakis respectively

• 1 music nomination for Marios Strofalis

Professional Key Highlights

Acting: 

• 14 theatre performances with leading & supporting roles, in Athenian theatres and on tour
  Five of these performances took place both in Greek & Romanian language

• 3 feature films, 2 short films, 2 advertisements

• Acting coach (2013- present)

Directing:

• 4 awarded short films, with 40 nominations & 18 awards, in 35 festivals, in 16 countries

• 16 theatre performances, in Athenian theatres and on tour

• over 100 commercial videos, TV ads, concerts, advertisements, interviews, event highlights videos, promotional videos in Canada, UK, Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Albania, Belarus, Romania, Greece, UAE, India.
  

  Key highlights:

  • Directing the Video Film for the Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Chess Olympiad, in Chennai, India, attended by the Indian Prime-Minister Narendra Modi. It was broadcasted nationally, with an estimated TV audience of over 200 million people.

  • Producing Consultant & Director of the 2018 Chess World Championship, in London, UK. In charge of directing the highlights, broadcast & backstage material shared with international networks Eurosport, BBC, NBC, etc., and with shooting in London iconic locations such as the British Museum, Traffalgar Square, Victoria & Albert Museum, National Gallery, Globe Theatre, Hyde Park.
    The broadcasts included interviews with the Oscar Nominated, Woody Harrelson & Bennet Miller, the CEO & co-founder of Google AI Deep Mind, Demis Hassabis, and the co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales.

Events & Organising:

• Founder & Chairman of the International Film Festival, Film Olympiad. It is the Olympiad for Filmmakers, awarding the Film Olympiad medals. It is also the first and only film festival in the world to publish the ratings of all entries, championing transparency while offering valuable feedback and networking opportunities to every filmmaker. To date, the it has featured over 1.000 entries from 104 countries, including Oscar nominated films and Hollywood stars such as Coleman Domingo, Lily Gladstone and Kevin Bacon.

• Creator and coordinating organizer of the online chess project “Checkmate Coronavirus” by the World Chess Federation. This project was a marathon with a social extend during the Covid-19 lockdown, running for 720 hours and 30 days in a row, with 2.762 chess tournaments and 517.661 participations. It is to date the most massive sports event in terms of participation, organised by an International Federation, in the history of sports.

• Assistant Artistic Director & in charge of various sections (such as the theatre section & video producing) in two major Athens festivals with hundreds of thousands audience over the respective years: Petit Paris D' Athene (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 & 2021), Chessnale (2012, 2014). 

• Volunteer for the Toronto International Film Festival (2017) and Journalist Correspondent.

Detailed Professional Overview

Acting - Theatre:

2025, Erotico Manifesto featuring works by William Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, George Seferis, and others
Performed at Theatro Fournos, directed by Ioannis Makropoulos.

2023 - 2025, Pulverized by Alexandra Badea
Performed at Apo Koinou Theater, Theatro Prova and on tour, directed by Monica Savulescu Voudouri.
Bilingual performances in Greek and Romanian.

2023 - 2024, Cafe L' Amour featuring works by William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, J. M. Rumi, and others
MAKROPEC Productions & Athenian Artistic Network, on tour, directed by Ioannis Makropoulos.

2021 - 2022, There Are Nerves by Marin Sorescu
Performed at Theatro Prova, directed by Monica Savulescu Voudouri.
Bilingual performances in Greek and Romanian.

2020 - 2021, From the Danube to the Seine featuring works by I. L. Caragiale, Eugene Ionesco & Matei Visniec
Performed at Aggelon Vima Theatre and Theatro Prova, directed by Monica Savulescu Voudouri.
Bilingual performances in Greek and Romanian.

2019 - 2020, Vive La Femme featuring works by Maya Angelou, Kiki Dimoula, Frida Kahlo, and others
Athenian Artistic Network, on tour, directed by Ioannis Makropoulos.

2019, Titanic Waltz by Tudor Musatescu
Performed at Elyze Theater, directed by Monica Savulescu Voudouri.
Bilingual performances in Greek and Romanian under the auspices of the Romanian Ministry of Culture.

2017, A Star Without a Name by Mihail Sebastian
Performed at Stathmos Theater, directed by Monica Savulescu Voudouri.
Bilingual performances in Greek and Romanian.

2014, Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydaux
Performed at Proskinio Theater, directed by Ioannis Makropoulos.

2014, Blind Spot by Yiannis Mavritsakis
Performed at the Theatrical Stage of P.E.S.Y.TH., directed by Antonis Tolakis.

2014, Sacred Prostitute by Yiannis Soldatos
Performed at Studio Kipselis, directed by Ioannis Makropoulos.

2013, Marron Glacé & Lucy by Eirini Stamatopoulou
Performed at Pyxida Theater, directed by Efi Venianaki.

2012 - 2013, Dolce Vita by Sofia Karagianni (Dance Theater)
Performed at 14th Day Theater & Paramythias Theater, directed by Sofia Karagianni.

2012 - 2014, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Performed at Kathreptes Theater & Alma Theater, directed by Ioannis Makropoulos. 

Acting - Cinema & TV:

Fantasia (feature film, 2019, dir. by Alexis Kardaras)
A Journey to the stars (feature film, 2021, dir. by Christos Dimas)
Beckett (feature film, 2021, dir. by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino)

For Electra's Love (short film, 2016, dir. by Ioannis Makro) 
The Outcast Kid (short film, 2020, dir. by Ioannis Makro)

Xydi Metoxi (TV ad, 2020, dir. by Manolis Marvis)
The Osgoode Cup 2020 (Online ad, 2020, dir. by Ioannis Makro)