Scriptwriter
Born:
09.01.1984, Athens (Greece)
Education:
BA in Directing, Film and TV School of L. Stavrakos, Athens, Greece
PhD in Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Place of Residence:
Athens (Greece)
Biography
Kostopoulos’ short film FIRST SWIM participated in several international film festivals, including Trieste, Foyle (Special recognition), Athens, Olympia, etc. His animated short film THE ISLAND OF ZEBRA is financed by the Greek Film Center and the Greek broadcaster. He participated in several script workshops and pitching labs (MFI, Drama Pitching Lab, Olympia Creative Ideas) and has been awarded by the Scriptwriters’ Guild of Greece. Kostopoulos has written a feature film script, and two theatrical plays. He works as a director and editor in Cinema and TV and collaborates with OIFF as a tutor for the Film Workshop “From Comic Books To Directing”.
Sample of previous work
Projects in development
THE ISLAND OF ZEBRA
short animated
developed script
In a distant country, when someone turns 70, he is transported via a zebra-drawn carriage, to a castle built on an island, as he can no longer offer to the community. Little Clio wants to reach the island, seeking her beloved grand-father.
Attached to the project: director, producer
Looking for: 2D animation studio
Keywords: zebra, elderly, toys
Filmography and Awards
2021 FIRST SWIM, short, writer/director – Foyle Film Festival: Special Recognition
2020 SPEED OF LIGHT, documentary, writer/director
My five favourite films
- Citizen Kane (1941)
by Orson Welles - Notorious (1946)
by Alfred Hitchcock - Persona (1966)
by Ingmar Bergman - Rain Man (1988)
by Barry Levinson - About Elly (2009)
by Asghar Farhadi
Favourite scene I wrote
1. EXT. PROVINCIAL SEASIDE ROAD – DAY
[OPENING CREDITS – BLACK]
Inside a moving car.
MARGARITA (off)
Come on, Dad! You promised!
ARIS (off)
I already told you, no!
MARGARITA (off)
Tomorrow, we’re leaving the island!
DAPHNE (off)
Darling, we’re scared. You’re still too young.
MARGARITA (off)
I don’t care. I’m not putting on water wings today!
ARIS (off)
Margarita, enough already!
MARGARITA (off)
You’re a liar!
ARIS (off)
Do you want me to discipline you or what?
DAPHNE (off)
Aris, look straight and drive
MARGARITA (off)
Mom!
DAPHNE (off)
Be careful!
Sudden braking. A dog is fatally hit by the car.
[END OF OPENING CREDITS]
My favourite film quote
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
–
The Godfather (1972)
