Elia Petridis

Elia Petridis is an American director and screenwriter, best known for The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012), How Henri Came to Stay[1] (2006) and the virtual reality experience Eye for an Eye: A Séance in VR[2] (2016). The former features Academy Award Winner Ernest Borgnine and also stars fellow Academy nominee June Squibb. It was Borgnine's final film before his death.

Education

Petridis holds a Bachelor in Critical Studies and an MFA in Film/Television Production from the University of Southern California.

Career

Petridis has been a featured presenter at VR initiatives and events in Los Angeles and around the world. He produced Comic-Con’s first ever panel on diversity in virtual reality in 2016[3], which welcomed 300 attendees and generated hundreds of thousands of media impressions[4].

Philosophy

An advocate of transmedia and storytelling across multiple artistic mediums[5], Petridis has worked with artists including Jesca Hoop to create original music for his Eye for an Eye universe. The song with Hoop debuted on KCRW in Los Angeles.[6]

Filmography

Year Title Notes
2006 How Henry Came to Stay Director
2012 The Man Who Shook The Hand Of Vicente Fernandez Director
2016 Jesca Hoop: The Lost Sky Director
2016 Reggie Watts: Spatial Post-production, Production designer
2016 Eye for an Eye: A Seance in Virtual Reality Writer, Producer, Director
2016 Eye for an Eye: Henrietta Writer, Producer, Director
2017 Irontom, Brain Go Director

References

  1. ↑ How Henri Came to Stay (2006), retrieved 2017-08-09
  2. ↑ Eye for an Eye: A Séance in VR (2016), retrieved 2017-08-09
  3. ↑ "Comic-Con 2016: di-VR-sity: Opportunities in VR/AR and I...". comiccon2016.sched.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  4. ↑ "SDCC ’16 Exclusive: Elia Petridis talks Virtual Reality » My Cinema | My Entertainment World". www.myentertainmentworld.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  5. ↑ "I am Elia Petridis, founder of Filmatics Creative Services, a VR film production company. I pitch and make narrative-driven pieces through VR, collaborating with cool brands, intellectual property, and artists. I also directed the last film of Hollywood legend Ernest Borgnine. AMA! • r/IAmA". reddit. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Ruy Folguera and Jesca Hoop: If I Had a Ribbon Bow". KCRW. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
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