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PHOTINI ECONOMOPOULOU

PRODUCER

Film Producer and Founder of Oh My Dog Productions. She has a degree in Sociology and a Master’s degree in European Audiovisual Production Management (MBS Spain). She is a founding member of the Hellenic Documentary Association, recently on the board of the association and a member of the Greek Film Academy.

 

He has recently completed the new film by Dimitris Indares “Lenaki – Two Fires and Two Curses”, the new film by Annetta Papathanasiou “Laughing in Afghanistan” and a 12 episode series for ERT entitled “But How is it made?”. In 2023, the film “Armwrestler” directed by Giorgos Goussis is awarded the IRIS prize of the Hellenic Film Academy for the best Documentary Feature and receives 3 awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (FIPRESCI, ERT, Youth). Other productions he has made are: “Vanlife”, an original 18-episode series for ERT2 (2021-2022), distinguished by its participation in the EBU Creative Forum, standing out for its character and quality among 60 entries from all European countries, in the 17 top and most innovative ideas. The short film ” Armwrestler ” (2019) directed by Giorgos Goussis won the IRIS award from the Film Academy for the best documentary short film and 2nd prize for the best short film at the Athens Film Festival (Premiere Nights). Other documentaries: «Trilogy of Embrace» by Eleftheria Astrinaki,  «The Extra Mile» by Victoria Vellopoulou, «Playing with Fire» by Anneta Papathanassiou.

 

Her greatest professional experience was gained at Cinegram, a large production company where she worked for 12 years until 2010 and was involved in the production of commercials, documentaries, feature and short films and events. Indicative productions she was involved with within the company are: “Qadir – An Afghan Ulysses”, “Uranya”, “The Bear”, “Hyatt Var”, “Extranjera” etc. In 2005, within the framework of the Thessaloniki Film Festival events, she supervised the setting up of the first exhibition in Greece of Dean Tavoularis (Production Designer and set designer in Hollywood for directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Arthur Penn, Roman Polanski, Wim Wenders, William, Michelangelo Antonion). In the same year, she also carried out the production of the audiovisual & graphic productions of the Greek Pavilion in Aichi, Japan (EXPO 2005).

She has taught as a guest lecturer at universities and associations such as the Department of Cinema at Aristotle University and the Greek Documentary Association at Stavrakos School. In 2003 and 2006 she organized and supervised a seminar for Kodak “Kodak’s cinematography workshops in Athens and Turkey.