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I was making commercials. That's how I learned the craft. That was the marketing part of it: directing commercial for TV. It wasn't the most common thing to become a filmmaker in Greece. I started by saying I was interested in marketing and have a proper job in advertising and commercials. Basically, I studied film to learn how to do marketing, and commercials. As I studied film I learned I'd be interested in making films instead of commercials.

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Even before the economic crisis in Greece there was no structure for making films - no proper industry, and the structure didn't help filmmakers at a…

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American culture is kind of a universal culture, I guess. It's things Greeks grew up with, common references you can use. It's very interesting.

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