Vassilis Mazomenos

Vassilis Mazomenos (Greek: Βασίλης Μαζωμένος; born 1964, Athens) is an acclaimed producer, screenwriter and director . Founder and director of Horme Pictures ^[1] and a member of both the European Film Academy ^[2] and the Hellenic (Greek) Film Academy ^[3] He is also known as a production designer ^[4] and a poet ^[5]

Vassilis Mazomenos Athens 31 March 2014

Biography

Education and career

Mazomenos studied political science at the University of Athens.^[6] He has worked as an author, writing for Film and Art in newspapers and art magazines. Also he has been a member of national and international juries in film festivals. He worked as the artistic director at the Kalamata Documentary International Film Festival and from 2005 to 2006 was the vice-president of the Greek Film Centre. From 2005 to 2011 he taught film at the Cinema Department of a well known Art College. From 2012 he is teaching film in Horme Pictures.^[7] Mazomenos also published in Gavriilides editions three collections of poems (2003, 2005, 2008).

Vassilis Mazomenos receiving the awards for "10th day" best picture, best directing, best photography.

International film festivals

Mazomenos' films have been accepted for International participation at the Montreal World Film Festival (2009 and 2012), the Panorama of European Films Festival (1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2012),^[8] the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in 2009, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (1995, 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004), the Cairo International Film Festival (2009), the Ankara International Film Festival in Turkey in 2000, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in 2000, the Sitges Film Festival in Spain in 1999, the FEST (Belgrade Film Festival) (1996 and 1997) and the Fantasporto International Film Festival (1999, 2001, 2010, 2013) and at many others.

Vassilis Mazomenos shooting 10th day

Awards

Mazomenos won the Jury’s Special Award at the Panorama of European Cinema for his latest feature 10th day and won also the Special award in Cyprus International Film Festival (Cyprus) for the same film. He has been twice nominated for the Hellenic Film Academy awards (2010,2013). He has been twice awarded in London Greek Film Festival (2012, 2013) for his films Guilt (Best Screenwriting award, Best Photography) and 10th day (Best film, best direction, best photography). He was nominated for the European Fantasy Award (George Melies award) in 1999 for his film Money, A Mythology of Darkness and won the same year the jury's special award in Fantasporto for the same film. He was three times awarded in Thessaloniki International Film Festival for his films The Triumph of Time (1996), Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1998) and Remembrance (2002).

Filmography

Feature films

Vassilis Mazomenos receiving the jury's special award in Fantasporto film festival 1999.

• Days of Rage (1995)^[9][10]
• The Triumph of Time (1996)^[11][12]
• Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1998)^[13][14]
• Remembrance (2002)^[15][16]
• Words and Sins (2004)^[17][18]
• Guilt (2009)^[19][20][21]
• 10th day (2012) ^[22][23][24]

Vassilis Mazomenos receiving the 2012 Panorama award in Athens.

Short films

• City (1988), Director, writer, and producer ^{[25][26][27] [28]}
• The end (1990), Director, writer, and producer ^{[26][29][30] [31]}
• Call (2013), Producer ^[32]
• Pass (2013), Producer and designer ^{[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] [41]}
• Where (2014), Producer and designer ^{[42][43][44][40]}
• Stairs (2014), Producer and designer^{[36][40][45][46][47][48] [49]}
• Waiting (2014), Producer and designer^[40][44][50]
• House / internal (2014), Producer ^[40][43][51]
• One size (2015), Producer and designer^[52]
• Short cut (2015), Producer and designer^[53]
• Depth (2015), Producer and designer^[54]
• Icon (2015), Producer and designer^[55]
• Room (2015), Producer and designer^[56]
• Mother's son (2015), Producer and designer^[57]
• A breath (2015), Producer and designer^[58]
• Bookless (2015), Producer and designer^[59]
• Muscles (2015), Producer and designer^[60]

Documentaries

Vassilis Mazomenos in Montreal World Film Festival in 2009 with his film "Guilt".

• Kalikantzaros (1990), Writer^[61][62]
• Material terror (2005), Director and writer^[63]

Media Interviews

• interview for Guilt part I
• interview for Guilt part II
• interview for Guilt part III
• blow up interview
• 35mm interview
• protagon interview

References

"Remembrance", Thessaloniki Film Festival. Mazomenos accepting the award from Pantelis Voulgaris, with producer George Kolozis.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vassilis Mazomenos.

• Vassilis Mazomenos at the Internet Movie Database
• Vassilis Mazomenos' company Horme Pictures
• Vassilis Mazomenos profile in altcine.com
• Vassilis Mazomenos in Cine gr
• Vassilis Mazomenos in the history of Greek cinema
• Vassilis Mazomenos interview
• Vassilis Mazomenos in Euronews
• Vassilis Mazomenos in Bienalle