Biography
Yorgos Arvanitis was born in 1978 in Frankfurt am Main. He raised up between Greece and Germany. After studying Business Administration in Larissa, he attended seminars by Wim Wenders and Fatih Akin at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. He gained valuable experience during his internship in directing alongside Fatih Akin in the film „Head On“. After his Diploma on Digital Film Production at the SAE Institute in Hamburg, he has worked on short films as an assistant director and has written, directed and produced short films and short documentaries. „The Journey of Askavlos“ is his first feature film. This independent production took ten years to complete and is entirely self-financed.
Filmography (selection)
2004 “Head On, Behind the Scenes,“ Making Of, 32’, Director, Camera
2006 “Hermano,” Short Documentary, 7’, Director, Editing
2009 “Polit-talk,” Short Fiction, 7’, Director, Editing
2010 “Gestern Nacht,“ Short Fiction, 7’, Director, Editing
2010 “Green Bag,“ Short Fiction, Silent, 5′, Director, Producer
2011 “Eurocracy,” Short Documentary, 8’, Director, Cinematography, Editing
2012 “Tango Therapy for Parkinson’s,” Short Documentary, 6’, Director, Editing
2015 “About Milan,“ Short, Portrait, 3′, Director
2020 “The Journey of Askavlos,” Feature Documentary, 88’, Director, Producer