About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1982-10-14
Place of birth:
Athens, Greece
Website:
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Yorgos Zois

Overview

Yorgos Zois is a Greek director born in 1982 and based in Athens. He studied applied Math & Nuclear Physics at the NTUA and film direction at UdK Berlin. He started his career working as an assistant director to Theo Angelopoulos and with a scholarship from Costa Gavras. His body of work—four shorts and two feature films—has been selected at A-festivals worldwide (Cannes—Semaine de La Critique, Berlinale—Encounters, Venice—Orizzonti, Rotterdam, Telluride, etc.) and has been acknowledged with numerous awards and distinctions worldwide including a European Film Academy nomination. In Greece, he has won the Best Short Film Director and the Best Newcomer Feature Film Director awards from the Hellenic Film Academy. His films have raised internationally acclaimed reviews about their meta-aesthetics and daring narration and have been broadcasted by ARTE, CANAL+, etc., and prestigious platforms like Criterion. He was also a member of the official Jury “Lion of the Future” at the 74th Venice IFF. His second feature film, “Arcadia,” premiered in Berlinale 2024, won the Best Male Actor award in Hong Kong IFF, the Best Director award in Sarajevo IFF, and was included in the final list of the EFA nominations, while the festival tour goes on.

Known for

Acting

2021 Luger Actor 59
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2019 Poliorkia Actor Spiros Ioannou 58
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2016 Deconstructing Interruption Actor Self (archive sound) N/A
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2011 Alps Actor 59
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2010 Casus Belli Actor 58
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Directing

2024 Arcadia Directing Director 58
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2020 Touch Me Directing Director 58
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2018 Third Kind Directing Director 58
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2018 8th Continent Directing Director 59
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2016 Interruption Directing Director 58
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2012 Out of Frame Directing Director 58
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2010 Casus Belli Directing Director 58
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Writing

2024 Arcadia Writing Writer 58
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2020 Touch Me Writing Writer 58
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2018 8th Continent Writing Writer 59
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2016 Interruption Writing Screenplay 58
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2015 Impressions of a Drowned Man Writing Writer 59
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2012 Out of Frame Writing Writer 58
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2010 Casus Belli Writing Writer 58
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Production

2020 Mare Nostrum Production Producer N/A
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2015 Yellow Fieber Production Producer N/A
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2014 Washingtonia Production Executive Producer 58
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Camera

2016 Limbo Camera Second Assistant Camera 58
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