Biography

He was born in Cairo in 1956. He studied architecture at the National Technical University (1974/78) and did his postgraduate studies in Paris, where he attended scenography courses as a freelance student. He worked as an architect in private and public projects (1984/93) and as an assistant to stage designer Savvas Haratsidis (1984/87). As an architect, he designed the Embros theater (in collaboration with Takis Fragoulis), the Neos Kosmos theater, the Analia space, as well as the space for the photography exhibition "Nelly's - Body and Dance" (Kalamata Dance Festival, 1997). He participated in the Greek representation at the 10th International Exhibition of Scenography and Theater Architecture "Prague Quadrennial 2003". As a set designer and costume designer, he has collaborated with the National Theatre, KTHBE, MMA (The Miracle Scene by George Kouroupos, The Turning of the Screw by Benjamin Britten), the Athens Festival, the New Art Stage-New World Theater, the Art Theaters , Piraeus 131, South, Horn, Poria, Mikri Porta, Embros, the OKTANA Dance Theater. He also collaborated with directors and choreographers, such as: Thomas Moschopoulos, Vangelis Theodoropoulos, Mimis Kougioumtzis, Stamatis Fasoulis, Nikita Milivojevics, Julia Pevsner, Viktoras Arditis, Nikos Hatzopoulos, Efi Theodorou, Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou, Nikos Mastorakis, Elena Pega, Alexis Alatsis, Konstantinos Rigos, Haris Mantafounis, Apostolia Papadamaki et al. In total, he has participated in more than ninety productions. In cinema, he collaborated, among others, in the films Equinox by Nikos Cornelios (Thessaloniki Festival Screenplay Award, 1991), Wind in the City by Petros Sevastikoglou (State Quality-Screenplay Award 1996), Little England by Pantelis Voulgaris and on television in the series Because of Honor. He directed the opera Nabucco [Nabucco] (2006/07) for ELLS. He taught scenography at the Dramatic School of Theater Art (2003/04). He was an assistant professor of scenography and costume design (Cinema Department ASKT, AUTH).