Lefteris Charitos

Lefteris Charitos

director, second unit director or assistant director, writer

Lefteris Charitos was born on Oct 18, 1969 in Greece. Lefteris Charitos's big-screen debut came with Na me proseheis... directed by Lefteris Charitos in 1998.

Lefteris Charitos is a fiction and documentary film director. He studied film at the Royal College of Art in London. His feature documentary "Dolphin Man" (2017, Greece-France-Canada-Japan-Italy in co-production, with ARTE, French and Greek Film Centres, WOWOW, SVT, Knowledge Network, ERT, RTS) about the famous free diver Jacques Mayol, the real person behind Luc Besson's cult film "The Big Blue", has screened at the International Tokyo Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, Angers Premiers Plans and Thessaloniki International Film Festival. He has also directed many fiction and documentary series for Greek television, including the highly acclaimed history documentary series 1821 and The Journey of Food and the fiction crime series Zone Defence. Along with directing he has a long academic experience being a Film Production coordinator and lecturer at SAE Creative Media College.

  • Birthday

    Oct 18, 1969
  • Place of Birth

    Athens, Greece

Awards

3 wins & 1 nominations

Hellenic Film Academy Awards
2018
Best First Time Director
Winner - Hellenic Film Academy Award
Dolphin Man (2015)
2018
Best Documentary
Winner - Hellenic Film Academy Award
Dolphin Man (2017)
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF)
2018
Best Documentary Film
Winner - Orpheus Award
Dolphin Man (2017)

Movies & TV Shows

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