Jorgo Papavassiliou


 

director and filmaker

Jorgo Papavassiliou was born in 1968 in a small town in Greece. Growing up in Germany in the 70’s and 80’s he decided to study communications and film. Finally, he became one of the most famous Greek filmmakers in Europe and one of the most famous directors and screenwriters in Germany. Numerous film festival prizes and huge successes with films, event movies, DVD movies and feature films show the world the international visual language and directorial quality of the director. Jorgo Papavassiliou dominated almost all film genres and does it with great passion and professionalism put into action.





EDUCATION

GERMAN & GREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WELZHEIM (NEAR STUTTGART),GERMANY

1987: U.S. HONORARY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IN CANBY, OREGON (USA)

1989: GERMAN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AT THE LIMES-GYMNASIUM, WELZHEIM

1993: PREDIPLOMA OF COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES AT THE LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITY, MUNICH

1998: MASTER OF FILM DIRECTING AT THE FILMACADEMY BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG

LANGUAGES: GERMAN, GREEK, ENGLISH (FLUENT) FRENCH (GOOD)