Athanasios Karanikolas (1967, Thessaloniki, Greece) originally chose photography studies at the New School for Social Research and at the Parsons School of Design, both in New York. Later he studied video and media art at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf and film direction at the Film University Babelsberg "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam. In 2007, he made his first feature-length film, Elli Makra, 42277 Wuppertal. Besides filmmaking, Karanikolas also teaches at several universities and works as a stage director.
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