Biography

George Angelopoulos graduated from the Film School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specializing in Directing. He then obtained a Master's degree in Screenwriting from the University of The Arts, London, on a scholarship. In 2017, he began working at the Development and Production Directorate of the Hellenic Film Center, for which he assumed the duties of Director in 2020. He put into effect a new modern Regulation of funding programs with a provision for the immediate absorption of young professionals into work and incentives that encouraged inclusivity among the contributors of short films. During his tenure, the evaluation mechanism was formed with a register of readers and clear artistic criteria, and hundreds of film projects at the writing, development and production stages were funded.