Curriculum Vitae

Kyriakos Chatzimichailides

He was born in Thessalonica in 1963.

STUDIES

• Through the university entrance exams, he succeeded in gaining admission to the Department of Agricultural Technology at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Larissa, where he studied for one year. After the second attempt, he succeeded in being admitted to the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology at the TEI of Athens. He graduated after three years.
• In 1985, he began studying at the Film Directing School of Evgenia Chatzikou. He graduated in 1990.
• In 1990, he succeeded in gaining admission to the Drama School of G. Theodosiadis

SEMINARS

PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS

• Medical laboratory technician at Alexandra Hospital
• Αssistant Director in video films by the director Kostas Karagiannis. (“Leonora”, etc.)
• Αssistant Director in “Aronis” advertising company.
• Director of children's tv programs.
• Assistant Director in musical-educational documentaries for the public television. (“The women in ancient tragedy”, directed by Christos Akridas, Charis Alexiou, etc.)
• He was the basic collaborator of the director in the movie “CHARIOTEER” by Alexis Damianos.
• Production manager in the movie “THE ATTACK” by Panos Koutras.
• Production manager (1998) in director Kostas Koutsomitis’s series “THE BIG ANGER”, script by Ntora Giannakopoulos, for Mega Channel
• During the summer of 1991 he worked as an actor in the Municipal Regional Theatre of Chania, in representation of “EROTOKRITOS” direction by Telemachus Modatsakis.
• Period 1992-1993. He worked in the Theatre “STOA” representing “BLOOD WEDDING” (F.G. LORKA), direction by Thanassis Papageorgiou, interpreting the role of the Groom.
• He has taken part as an actor in films directed by Panos Glykofrydis, Stamatis Tsarouchas, Lagia Giourgou, Nickos Koundouros.
• He has also attendances in series for the T.V.
• Speakage and Doublage in several series and films.

* 1996 - 1999: Member, General Secretary, and President of the Board of Directors of the association "mikro," an organization for the promotion of short films.

* He has worked through all stages in many short films. Production manager and producer for short films (most of them for the Greek Film Centre and ET1). Some of the main ones include:

• “Bridegroom” directed by Ach. Kyriakidis / Greek Film Centre
• “Merry Kitsmash” directed by Ilias Dimitriou / ERT / PORTOLANOS FILMS  
• “See no evil” directed by Aris Mpafaloukas / ERT / IMAGINATION
• “Little Indian” directed by Stavros Stagos / Greek Film Centre / ERT  
• “What swims and laughs?” directed by Emmanouela Fragiadakis / ERT  
• “Last Fakir” directed by Mpampis Makridis / Greek Film Centre
• “Ground floor” directed by Charis Stathopoulos / Greek Film Centre
• “A general’s Widow” directed by Dimitris Kanellopoulos / ERT
• “Farewell to arms” directed by Nancy Spetsiotis / Nancy Spetsiotis
• «Eviva» directed by Dimitris Nakos & Amerissa Basta / start now, Stefilm
• «Prosefhi: Greek School Prayer» directed by Thanasis Neofotistos / NF Films (Golden Dionysus award at 37th Dramas Shortfilm Festival, 2014)
• «March 4», directed by Dimitris Nakos / Greek Film Centre, Dimitris Nakos 
• «Zenaida», feature film directed by Alexis Tsafas & Yannis Fotou / Criola produções / co-production t-shOrt
• «Aenigma», 3D short animation directed by Antonis Ntousias & Aris Fatouros / co-production t-shOrt
• «Alice in the café» directed by Dimitris Nakos / Stefilm, Dimitris Nakos, Amerissa Basta
• «The Ticket» Cinematographic short film directed by Haris Stathopoulos / G.F.C.
• «Exodus», an anthology short documentary, directed by Fani Mpitou, Anna Antonopoulou, Giorgos Detsis, Manolis Kandanoleon, Maria Papageorgiou / Greek Documentary Association, with the support of the Greek Film Center.
• «Cage Survivor», Feature-length documentary, dir. by Irina Boiko 
• «Nion’s Shadow Puppeteer», Feature-length documentary, dir. by Irina Boiko 
  
• «Meetings» Cinematographic short film, dir. by Kiriakos Chatzimichailidis / ARTemis Production, with the support of the Greek Film Center.
  
  

* He has been involved in collaborations and providing assistance to dozens of Greek short films.

DIRECTIONS

• 1990: His first short film, which he used to graduate, is titled "BETRAYAL" and has a duration of 12 minutes. It was featured in Greek and international festivals.
• 1995: “ALIMENTARE” co-direction with Pavlos Mavrikidis.
• 1996: His third short film is titled “THE JAWS OF THE DEATH” and was produced in collaboration with the Greek Film Centre (EKK) and FASMA S.A. in 1996. The film participated in the competitive department of Drama’s festival and awarded with 1997 National Quality prize The film was also part of the competition sections of the following festivals: a) "Message to Man" in St. Petersburg, b) "Dakino" in Bucharest, and c) the competition section of the Mumbai Film Festival. The film was released on CD-ROM by the company Hitch Hik, becoming the first complete film to be released on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM also served as a CD player with the film's music composed by Antonis Livieratos.
• 1997: December. He participates with the Video “Panagi Tsaldari Street”, in the exhibition about “Piraeus Street”. The music for the video by Antonis Livieratos was released on CD by the magazine POP & ROCK in October 1998.
• 1998: Video clip for Vasilis Vasilopoulos' “BEAUTIFUL TIME” produced by FM Records.
• 1999: Video clip for Antonis Livieratos' "RED SKY," produced by Hitch – Hyke.
• 2000: He directs a video for the poems of Ivan Goll, for the performance "THE FAIRY TALE OF LOVE" at the Theater of the Times (directed by Υannis Anastasakis). The video won an award in 2000 at the Digital Documentary Festival organized by Media Desk. The video was presented at the Kalamata Festival, where the award was announced.
• 2000: He directs the musical performance "THE SUITCASE" by Kostas Zacharakis for the "Alekton" art space and "HOUSE OF ART."
• 2001: He directs his fourth short film titled "MEN DON'T CRY," produced by E.K.K., ERT, and t-shOrt.
• 2003: He directs his fifth short film titled “LAST TRY”, produced by ERT and t-shOrt.
• 2008: He directs the theatrical play "THE LADY OF THE GENTLEMAN" by Nikos Tsiforos and Polyvius Vasiliadis, which was presented by the theatrical group of the Spiritual Center of the Municipality of New Psychiko "Epi Skinis."
• 2008: He is the artistic director of the first DVD with the collection of classic Greek short films “Golden Film Archive 1”.
• 2009: He directs the theatrical play “Kynaston” by Stefanos Kakavoulis which was presented at Studio Mavromichali.
• 2009: He directs the video for the performance "A CHILD COUNTS THE STARS," directed by Giannis Voglis, which was presented at the Athens Concert Hall. 
• 2010: He directed Video for the dance theater performances directed by Maria Alvanou "Street stories," Altera Pars. 
• 2011: Video for the dance theater performances directed by Maria Alvanou "Return," Altera Pars.
• 2014: «Icarus. Jump into the future», a short-animated film for the Archaeological Museum of Agios Kirykos. Direction, Editing, Narration..
• 2014-2015: «Breathings», video art with poems by Konstantinos Kavafis, Konstantinos Karyotakis, Nikos Kavvadias, and Dimitris Chouliarakis. The first 8 were presented from May 10-17, 2014, at the Project Room of the Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki (Warehouse B1, Port), alongside the exhibition "Everything is a Lie / Museum of Self-Esteem" by Natasha Poulantza and Giorgos Tserionis. The complete work has been presented at various poetry events from 2015 to 2017 (Katakouzinou House, Cyprus House, Chania Spiritual Center, Underground Fountain of Splanzia, "Beauties and Difficulties" Farms, Artefacto Gallery in Brussels for two weeks, a special installation at the ECO Cultural Institute during the Fajr Visual Arts Festival, and the special exhibition titled "The House of Nations" in Tehran for a month, at the Maison de la Grèce in Paris, in Cairo, and at the house of Kavafis in Alexandria, as well as simultaneously in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Xanthi as part of the 11th Micro m Festival).
• 2015-2016: He directs and produces the work of Thanasis Papageorgiou "Andriana," presented at the Alkmini Theater.
• 2016: He directs short videos for the musical play «Letters from Germany» of Mikis Theodorakis on Fontas Ladis poetry. 
• 2016: Expands his work "Breathings" by creating the video art "The carcash", based on the eponymous poem by Baudelaire, which participated in the group exhibition of the Project Gallery titled "The Flowers of Evil," curated by Alexandros Maganiotis and Giannis Bolis. 
• 2021: Creates the video art "Resist," with poetry by Michalis Katsaros, and participates in the exhibition "Ex-States: Attempts of Depiction of Freedom," curated by Megaklis Rogakos, MA MA PhD, at the Corfu Heritage Foundation in Corfu and at the Tinian Cultural Foundation in Tinos (2021).
• 2021: Creates the visual material for the musical performance "The River," a multimedia performance for the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, with poetry by Fontas Ladis and music by Linos Kokotos.
• 2022: "Meetings," a short film, starring Ilias Valasis (production, script and direction).
• 2023: His first book – album with his visual works and poetic texts titled "Weird" is published. Co-published by t-shOrt & "Fildisi."

* So far, he has distributed, through his company, t-shOrt, over 250 short films to cinemas and television and more than 500 online.