Career Christoforos Papakaliatis

1 career

1.1 television
1.2 film
1.3 theatre

career
television

his career began @ age 16 playing numerous roles on successful tv shows broadcast mega channel, greece’s largest tv network @ time.

at age of 23, began writing own tv scripts. first script our life path (greek: Η ζωή μας μια βόλτα) aired on mega channel , received critics , public giving him green light future projects.

the following season wrote , starred in tv series take care of me (aka: Να με προσεχείς) , after wrote , starred in tv movie 3 wishes .

his tv drama close eyes (aka Κλείσε τα μάτια) 1 of highest rated tv series in greece. wrote , starred in series, , directed of second , third season episodes. in close eyes kiss between 2 men sparked great debate in greece ( first time 2 male characters kissed on air) , resulted in fine greek national council radio , television, later withdrawn council of state.

in 2006 wrote, directed , starred in new drama-thriller series 2 days (aka Δυο μέρες μόνο) , in 2009 wrote, directed , starred in tv series 4 (aka Τέσσερις). same year got accepted member of international academy of television arts , sciences (emmy international).

film

in 2012, starred next catherine deneuve , sebastian koch in feature film god loves caviar directed iannis smaragdis.

what if.... (aka: Αν) (2012) first feature film. wrote , directed film, , played leading role of demetris.

the movie box office success in greece 2012-2013 season, remaining in theaters more 4 months , making $4.5m box office. if screened @ numerous film festivals around world, never got international distribution. in 2013, qualified run golden globe nomination foreign movie never made finals. in 2017, script sold in turkey , turkish adaptation shot in istanbul.

in 2015, second feature film worlds apart starring academy award winner j.k. simmons had official theatrical release in greece. love story set in athens between foreigners , greeks , played out against tense backdrop of combined incoming immigration wave , devastating economic crisis europe , greece facing. movie made $5m box-office , highest grossing film in last decade, notably surpassing performance of blockbusters star wars- force awakening , james bond spectre in greece. worlds apart had international distribution , released in 25 countries.

in january 2017, movie released theatrically in cinema libre studio, receiving positive reviews la times , various other publications.

in 2017 movie released theatrically in switzerland , austria trigon films.

theatre

in 1996-1998 played first leading role in les parents terribles written jean cocteau.
in 1999-2000 played leading role in thief written marie pacome.
in 2001 played in theatrical adaptation of film shallow grave john golf.
in 2007 played human voices puzzle of monologues written jean cocteau.
in 2011-2012 played volfgang amadeus mozart in well-known theatrical play amadeus peter shaffer. due box office success, play had second theatrical season.

christopher papakaliatis presently dividing time between greece , los angeles working on upcoming tv , film projects.