Christos Georgiou was born in London U.K. He did his basic education in Cyprus and further studies in England at the University of Warwick (Film and Literature BA Joint Hons), the Northern Film and TV School in Leeds (MA Film Production), and in Poland at the National Film TV and Theatre School in Lodz (EU Tempus scholarship – Film Writing and Direction). He has directed, written and produced, fiction feature films, documentaries, commercials and TV drama series for ARTE, ZDF, Al Jazeera, the BBC, as well as several Greek TV channels. Under the Stars, his first fiction feature film won 6 International awards including the prestigious, Prix de Montreal, (Best First Feature Film) at the Montreal International Film Festival 2001. Small Crime his second fiction feature film was selected for competition at several film festivals including Palm Spring and Karlovy Vary, and was a box office hit in Germany in the summer of 2009. Happy Birthday an official selection at Berlinale Co Production Market 02/2014 is his third fiction feature film. He is a founding member and a member of the board of the Hellenic Film Academy.
Tiburon International Film Festival
