Biography

Panos Sambrakos is the Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Greece and one of the most awarded creatives in the country, with multiple international awards at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIA, and the Webbys.

Panos is a screenwriter and a pioneer in Branded Entertainment, having created several fiction films, series, and documentaries for brands, that have been popular with audiences and won a total of 8 Cannes Lions, including a Gold Lion in Glass: The Lion for Change in 2022, for Lacta's "Don't Ever Leave Me," a Silver Lion for the feature-length documentary “The Real Robokids” (2020) for Cosmote, a Gold and a Silver Lion for “From the Start” (2017) web series for Lacta, a Silver Lion for Lacta's TV movie “Love Like There’s No Tomorrow” (2016) as well as 2 Silver and 1 Bronze Lions for the theatrically released “Love In The End” (2013) for Lacta, that also won a Gold Clio.

Panos was a jury member of the Entertainment Lions at Cannes Lions 2021 and has been a judge at the D&AD awards and the president of the Ermis Awards in Greece. He was also the founder of one of the most historic James Bond fan sites, Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!