Akis Polizos

Akis Polizos was born and raised in Giannitsa city in Northern Greece. In 2006 he moved to Athens to study Visual Arts at the Technical University of Athens. A year later he had already become part of the Greek Film industry. Since then he has worked in numerous Greek Films, TV series, Web series and TV Commercials as Director, First Assistant Director, Production Manager and Visual Effects Specialist. His latest short film "Amendment 10/60" premiered at LA Shorts Festival and continued its successful journey through numerous short film festivals around the world. The film won several awards including "Best Debuting Director" in Drama Film Festival 2013. In 2014 he worked as an Assistant Director and Post Production Manager in one of the biggest Greek film productions "Worlds Apart", a multinational co-production written and directed by Christopher Papakaliatis, starring amongst others Academy Award Winner J.K. Simmons.