Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
Timeline
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Stavros Kostopoulos

Stavros Kostopoulos

Athens,Greece

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Director & Screenwriter

National Greek TV
Athens
12.2024 - Current

Writing and Directing episodes of the kids educational show "Discovering the World" around scientific themes such as electricity, wind, technology, etc.

First Unit Director

THE WITCH/I MAGISSA (ANT1)
Athens, Attica
11.2022 - 02.2024
  • The most successful Greek TV Series of 2023-2024.
  • Keep the artistic interest high for all crew/cast members.
  • Gave detailed instructions to all crew to ensure optimum staff safety and wellbeing on set.
  • Resolved on-set conflicts quickly, maintaining a harmonious working environment.
  • Oversaw editing sessions to maintain continuity in narrative flow.

-Uploaded to ANT1+ streaming platform

First Assistant Director

WILD BEES/AGRIES MELISSES (ANT1)
Athens, Attica
07.2021 - 07.2022
  • Organised time and resources for smooth and orderly workflow.
  • Managed extras on set, ensuring orderly behaviour and compliance with direction given from the Director.
  • Adapted to different creative demands to help achieve artistic vision.
  • Collaborated with talented multidisciplinary teams to execute high-quality work.
  • Streamlined production process through diligent coordination of resources and personnel.

-Uploaded to ANT1+ streaming platform

Director & Screenwriter

National Greek TV
Athens, Attica
07.2020 - 08.2020

Wrote and directed a 30-minute Documentary Episode of the "Es Avrion ta Spudaia" Series entitled "Above the Sky" and the subject of Space Science and the Space Team of the University of Athens.

  • Long talks with the physicists and other team members about space science in general, team structure and their goals.
  • Data Management with an external scientific group to help me write the right story - from the scientific aspect-, make the right questions, etc.
  • Shootings in the University of Athens, the National Observatory Athens and Temple of Poseidon.


https://www.ertflix.gr/en/vod/vod.126832-es-ayrion-ta-spoydaia-ligo-pano-ap-ton-oyrano

Junior Business Analyst

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
Athens, Attica
08.2017 - 09.2018


  • I created an information system for the company that suggests the optimized pricing range for each customer individually, based on Data Management and Statistical Models.
  • 30-40% Cost Saving due to the reduction of Financial Loss on Over-discounted Customers.
  • 50% Time Saving due to automated measurements and metrics produced by Data Management.
    § Revenue increase: Sales were executed based on a quantitative plan and more effective info about
    customers.
  • Data Automation: Data was updated, analyzed and visualized on a monthly basis for Promotion
    Actions and Offer Strategy.
  • New information came to surface, such as relations between products and geographical locations,
    cultures and ways to approach customers, locations and seasonality, location and commodities, transport volume and freight forwarders, etc.
  • ETL procedures for Relational Data Management via SQL Server & Microsoft Excel
  • Relationship Marketing (mainly Pricing & Discount Strategy to the Top Customer)
  • Regression Models, Clustering and Segmentation via Microsoft Excel and R
  • Data Visualization via Tableau
  • RFM Approach
  • Questionnaire Analysis via IBM SPSS

Education

Master of Science - Business Analytics

Athens University Of Economics And Business

Bachelor of Business Administration -

University Of Piraeus

Skills

  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Editing
  • Production Management

Accomplishments

  • 2023

Short Film "Pick a Hand"

International Short Drama Festival (2023)

Athens International Film Festival/ Premiere Nights (2023)

Special Mention at the Short Film Festival of the Society of Greek Directors (2024)

Queer Movie Nights (2024)

19th ASTO Short Film Festival (2024)

Bendigo Queer Film Festival (2024)

Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (2024)

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/826706911

Pasword:pickahand2023

  • 2017

Short Film: In-Between

London Independent Film Awards (2018)

London Greek Film Festival (2018)

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (2018)

Canada Shorts - Canadian & International Short Film Fest. (2018)

Steampunk Arts Film Festival (2018)

https://vimeo.com/246654146?share=copy

Password: Inbetween2017

  • 2014

Responsible for the official video for TEDx University of Piraeus 2014, on "Time Voyagers".

  • 2010-2011

Direction, Screenplay, Editing of the student film "It Happens In Dark", as part of the student competition "Virtual Business" under the auspices of the Youth Entrepreneurship Association. Awards:

Best Virtual Business, with "It Happens In Dark" product, Youth Entrepreneurship Association

Best Short Film Award, All-American Short Film Competitions. The award was given by Tassos Boulmetis and Yiannis Smaragdis.

Directing Award, All-American Short Film Competitions

Editing Award, Pan-American Short Film Competitions

Certification

Sundance Collab- TV Writing:From Outline to First Draft of Your Pilot ("Staying Alive) (8 Weeks-2025)

Sundance Collab- TV Writing: Core Elements ( Development of "Staying Alive") (10 Weeks-2024)

Filmschool Seminars- (8 Months-2020)

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)
German
Upper intermediate (B2)
Greek
Native

Timeline

Director & Screenwriter

National Greek TV
12.2024 - Current

First Unit Director

THE WITCH/I MAGISSA (ANT1)
11.2022 - 02.2024

First Assistant Director

WILD BEES/AGRIES MELISSES (ANT1)
07.2021 - 07.2022

Director & Screenwriter

National Greek TV
07.2020 - 08.2020

Junior Business Analyst

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
08.2017 - 09.2018

Master of Science - Business Analytics

Athens University Of Economics And Business

Bachelor of Business Administration -

University Of Piraeus
Stavros Kostopoulos