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Explore the impressive filmography, awards, and accomplishments of Penny Panayotopoulou, a renowned director and producer based in Athens. Discover her acclaimed feature films, short films, and television projects.
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C.V. Penny Panayotopoulou. Director / Producer • 1, Antissis str., Melissia -----, Athens, GREECE • Tel.: ++ 0301 210 8048497, cell phone: 6932438718 • e-mail:panayoto@otenet.gr and ppanayotopoulou@gmail.com • EDUCATION • SCRIPT WRITING FOR FEATURE FILMS • Personal Tutor: Jan Fleisher, Head of Script Writing. National Film and Television School Beaconsfiled, UK. Mediterranean Film Institute 2009. • DEGREE, MAJOR • Political Science • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens • Faculty of Law, Economics and Political Science, • Department of Political Science and Public Administration. • BACHELOR OF ARTS • Film and Photo arts • Polytechnic of Central London - University of Westminster. UK. 1982 – 85. • DEGREE, MAJOR • Film directing • Stavrakos’ s Film School of Athens. • PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT • SEPTEMBER • Writer Penny Panayotopoulou, Kallia Papadaki / Director Penny Panayotopoulou • Feature Film Script.
Penny Panayotopoulou FILM DRAMA WORK HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER (Diskoloi apochairetismoi – O babas mou) Director/ Writer. 35mm feature film. Production: a German – Greek co-production Twenty - Twenty vision – CL. With the participation of Film Board BRANDEBURG BERLIN and EURIMAGES. AWARDS 55TH LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GOLDEN LEOPARD, BEST ACTOR ECUMENICAL JURY’S AWARD 43TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF THESSALONIKI FIPRESCI JURY AWARD, for its acute symbiosis of daily routine and metaphorical sense of life BEST SECOND MALE ROLE HELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF FILM CRITICS AWARD GREEK STATE CINEMA AWARDS BEST DEBUT-FILM DIRECTOR AWARD 19TH MONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BEST FEATURE FILM RTBF AWARD 5TH OLYMPIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH BEST FEATURE FILM
Penny Panayotopoulou HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER 1st SALE (MOROCCO) INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD FOR THE BEST SCRIPT 13TH ST.LOUIS (USA) INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BEST FEATURE FILM FESTIVALS TORONTO, LOCARNO, HAMBURG, CHICAGO F.F., PUSAN - KOREA, PALM SPRINGS, 21ST FAJR FESTIVAL IRAN, MONS (ΒΕΛΓΙΟ), BELGRAD, SOFIA, PARIS, ISTABUL, SAN FRANCISCO, KARLOVY VARY, GIFFONI, WIEN, ST PETERSBURG and others. CINEMADISTRIBUTION Japan, USA, Canada, Great Britain, Latin America, Germany, Greece.
Penny Panayotopoulou LIKE RAIN LIKE HAIL (1996) Director/ Writer 60 min, 16 mm Medium length Film Drama. Participation in the International Festival of audiovisual programs (Biarritz). ELDORADO (1988) Director/ Writer 30 min, 16 mm Short Film Drama. AWARDS: First quality award Ministry of Culture, Best Feature Film 30th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SALONICA. Honorary Distinction of French Ministry of Culture and French Film Center. FESTIVALS Clermont-Ferrand, Montpelier, Festival de films de femmes Paris Creteil. STILL LIFE (1990) Director/ Writer 30 min, Short Film Drama. AND IF YOU HEAR FROM MY LOUISE (1985) Director/ Writer 19 min, 16mm Short Film Drama. THE TRIAL (1983) 20 min, 16 mm ZIG-ZAG (1981) 4 min, 16mm
Penny Panayotopoulou • RECENT TELEVISION WORK • BOOKS IN THE BOX (2004-2009) • Director / Producer • Series on books and writers, in collaboration with eminent Greek book critics • ERT 1 T.V. • PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENTS (1999-2000) • Director / Producer / Editor • Documentary series, 13 episodes. In collaboration with the eminent psychoanalyst Athanassios Alexandridis and the academic Fotini Tsalicoglou. • SOUL TRACES (1997-1999) • Director / Producer / Editor • Documentary series, 26 episodes. • CARING FOR HEALTH • Director / Producer • Informational Programming. • A DICTIONARY FOR THE SIXTIES • Director • Series. • PERSONALITIES • Director • Documentary series on writers, artists and politicians.
Penny Panayotopoulou • TEACHING EXPERIENCE • 2003-2007 Teaching film directing at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki • 2005-2007 Film Directing at New York College of Athens • 2003 Lectures on the topic “Women filmmakers up close” University of Oklahoma • 2004 Lectures on “Women Filmmakers in Greece” Loyola University of Los Angeles • PUBLICATIONS • The script of the film “Hard Goodbyes” was published in Japanese by the “Media Factory Inc.”Diploma Thesis : Alain Resnais and nouveau-roman: affinities. • OTHER ACTIVITIES • 1991-1993 Member of the board of directors of the Greek Film Centre.
Reviews HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER NEW YORK TIMES
Reviews HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER
Reviews HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER
Reviews HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER Guardian
Reviews HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER
Reviews HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER
Reviews HARD GOODBYES – MY FATHER
Reviews SOUL TRACES PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENTS