Yorgos Kanellopoulos


About:

Yorgos is a film director working in the field of advertising.

He studied Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London and at the University of Cambridge.
His first job was as a tutor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, but soon he discovered that he didn't want to be a professional mathematician.

He got a job as a trainee copywriter at the creative department of Bold Ogilvy (Athens, Greece). He worked there from 2008 until 2016, where for the last two years he was an associate creative director.
During his time as an advertising creative, he worked on a wide range of campaigns, many of which produced award winning work, both in Greece and abroad.

Although he enjoyed working as an advertising creative, he realized during his time in film sets and post-production suites, that working as a director was something he enjoyed even more.
So, he decided to take the next step in his life and pursue a career as a film director.

In 2016 he graduated with distinction from one of NYU’s filmmaking courses.