Vassilis Mazomenos

Vassilis Mazomenos
Mazomenos in Tallinn Black Nights Film Fest.
Born	(1964-11-12)12 November 1964 Athens
Nationality	Greek
Occupation	Film director, Screenwriter, Producer
Years active	1995–
Notable work	Money, A Mythology of Darkness, 10th day, Lines
Movement	Art cinema, Avant-garde cinema, German Expressionism, Hyperrealism, Experimental cinema
Website	http://www.mazomenos.com/

Vassilis Mazomenos (Greek: Βασίλης Μαζωμένος; born 1964, Athens) is a producer, screenwriter and director and member of both the European Film Academy and the Greek Hellenic Film Academy He is also a production designer and a poet. Mazomenos is one of the first Greek directors to exploit the potential of new technologies in the difficult task of renewing the filmic language

Mazomenos studied political science at the University of Athens. He is the son of the fighter of the National Resistance Mimis Mazomenos. His grandmother was first cousin of Alexandros Papanastasiou, the first president of the Greek Republic (1924). His grandfather, was an immigrant in the United States.

Mazomenos has worked as artistic director at the Kalamata Documentary International Film Festival and was also the vice-president of the Greek Film Centre. He has been a member of international juries in film festivals. From 2005 to 2011 he taught film at a well known Art College. Founder and director of Horme Pictures where he is teaching film and producing shorts from 2012. Mazomenos has worked as an author, writing for Film and Art in newspapers and art magazines. Also he has published in Gavriilides editions three collections of poems (2003, 2005, 2008).

Mazomenos' films have been accepted for International participation at the Montreal World Film Festival (2009 and 2012), the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2009 and 2016), the International Film Festival of India (2009), the Fantasporto International Film Festival (1999, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2017), the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (1995, 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004), the Cairo International Film Festival (2009), the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (2000), the Sitges Film Festival (1999), the FEST (Belgrade Film Festival) (1996 and 1997), the Bengaluru International Film Festival in India (2017), the Ankara International Film Festival (2000, 2017), the Chicago International Arthouse FILM FEST (2015), the Hellenic Film Academy Awards (2010, 2013), the Panorama of European Cinema (1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2012), the London Greek Film Festival (2012, 2013), the Cyprus International Film Festival (2013) and at many others.