Athina Rachel Tsangari
| Athina Rachel Tsangari | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 April 1966 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Projection designer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greek: Αθηνά Ραχήλ Τσαγγάρη; born 2 April 1966) is a Greek filmmaker and projection designer who has worked on projects such as the 2004 Olympic Games.
Tsangari was born in Athens, Greece. She studied literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, performance studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and film directing at the University of Texas at Austin. Her first experience working in film was with a small role in Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker. In 1995, she founded and became the artistic director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, which ran until 2006. She later served as the projection designer and video director on the creative team headed by Dimitris Papaioannou the designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She designed the stage projections for the dance theatre work "2" by Dimitris Papaioannou in 2007. In 2008, she designed the video displays and projections for "A Greek Ceremony" - the Beijing Capital Museum Exhibit on the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2009, she created "Reflections", a series of large-scale projections commissioned for the opening of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. In 2005, she founded Haos Film, a production and post-production studio based in Athens. Her producing credits include three films directed by Yorgos Lanthimos: Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), as an associate producer, and Alps (2011). She is a co-producer on Richard Linklater's Before Midnight (the third installment of the "Before Sunrise" series, shot in Messenia, Greece), where she also appeared in the role of Ariadni.
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