Jorgo Papavassiliou
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)
Jorgo Papavassiliou / director and filmaker
“we do not discover the truth, we create it.” (antoine de saint-exupéry)