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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 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.

Professional Key Highlights

Acting: 

• 13 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

• Received 2 acting awards & 1 nomination in USA and Greece

• Acting coach (2013- present)

Directing:

• 4 awarded short films, with 32 nominations & 11 awards, in 30 festivals, in 16 countries

• 14 theatre performances, in Athenian theatres and on tour

• over 90 commercial videos, TV ads, concerts, advertisements, interviews, event highlights videos, promotional videos in Canada, UK, Germany, Croatia, 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 800 entries from 84 countries, including Oscar nominated films.

• 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:

2023 - 2024, Pulverized by Alexandra Badea
Performed at Theatro Prova and on tour, directed by Monica Savulescu Voudouri.
Bilingual performances in Greek and Romanian.

2023 - 2024, Erotic Manifesto featuring works by William Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, 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)