Personal information

Date of birth: 26/10/74

Mobile: +30 6977 984 858 E-mail: michalis@cinegrip.gr

Education Electricians’ Technical School «Hephaestus» (1992-1994)

Foreign Languages Fluent in English

Professional Experience

Commercials

1999-now: I have successfully worked as gaffer for film commercials (80-100 per year) in Athens, Greece, co-operating with Greek and Foreign D.O.Ps for some of the most well known brands such as:

AUDI, AZZARO, HYUNDAI, TOYOTA, BRITISH TELECOM, NISSAN, KIA, VOLVO, HSBC BANK, SINGAPORE AIRLINES, AMERICAN EXPRESS, NESTLE, ARMANI, VERSACE, COCA COLA, LANCOME, L’OREAL, , EDF, CANAL +, BNP, etc…

Gaffer

– 2022 –

Heineken Director: Ali Ali
DOP: Farhad Ghaderi

Sony Director : David Mathew Wilson
DOP: Maithieu Plainfosse

Mobiliar Director: Courtney Hoffmann
DOP: Christos karamanis

Vernel Director :Daniel Skoglund
DOP: Laurent Tangy

About you Director :Viktor Sloth
DOP: Konrad Losch

Expedia Director : Esteban
DOP: Tim Lorentzen

Ora Director : Patrick Filleti
DOP: Diego Rosenblatt

– 2021 –

Toyota Director : jake Scott
DOP: Ekkehart Pollack

Badya Director: Ali Ali
DOP: Pierre Mouarkech

Lidl Director: Frank Nesemann
DOP: Filip Zumbrunn

Heineken Director: Ali Ali
DOP: Pierre Mouarkech

– 2020 –

Andrex Director: Tom Kuntz
DOP: Darius Khondj

Caprice Director: Sebastien Grousset
DOP: Pancho Alcaine

Perrier Director: Cary J. Fukunaga
DOP: Phedon Papamichael

– 2019 –

Morinaga Director: Miwako Haratake
DOP: Thomas Varvias

iHOP Director: Tim McNaughton & Fred Mandy
DOP: Lasse Frank

TUI Director: Oskar Wrangö
DOP: Jacob Møller

Zalando Adidas Director: Sergio Castella Martinez
DOP: Oriol Rodes Barcelona

Lavazza Director: Ali Ali
DOP: Pierre Mouarkech

– 2018 –

Voltaren Director: Ali Ali
DOP: Pierre Mouarkech

La Banque Postale Director: Owen Trevor
DOP: Peter Eastgate

Peter Hahn Director: Victor Claramun
DOP: Juli Carne Martorell

Assassin’s Creed Directors: Traktor
DOP: Linus Sandgren

Douglas “First Date” Director: Alex Feil
DOP: Antonio Paladino

– 2017 –

Orange TVC Director : Samill Mallal
DOP:Marcel Zyscind

Cartier Director: Christian Larson
DOP: Eric Sohistrom

CGTN Director: Stuart Rideout
DOP: Dan Holland

Thomas Cook Directors: Christian & Patric
DOP: Sebastien Blenkov

Beck’s DOP: Julian Hohndorf

Patros Director: Corinna Winter
DOP: Jonas Winter-Scholz

Danone Director/DOP:Christian Duguay

Thomson Director: Scott Lyon
DOP: Will Bex

– 2016 –

Olay Director: Gilles Lovell Wilson

Jacobs Director: Miguel Campana

Muller Director: Pete Salmi
DOP: Callan Green

San Miguel Director: Nacho Gayan
DOP: Manel Ruiz Bardaji

Danone Director: Nicolas Monette
DOP: Gabriel Brault Tardif

iPhone 7plus DOP: Jeremy Rouse

Eurowings DOP :Ekkehart Pollack

Ikea DOP: Federico Alfonzo

Giovanni Rana DOP: Fabien Benzaquen

Nivea DOP: Peter Matjasko

Petit Navire DOP: Pierre Edelman

McDonalds DOP: Stuart Graham

– 2015 –

Nestle Director: Phil Lind
DOP: Daniel Stafford Clarke

Pulco DOP: Rey Coates

Fage DOP: Robert Golden

Keo Beer DOP: Robert Golden

Jumbo Christmas DOP: Rafa Garcia

Public DOP: Rafa Garcia

BNP Paribas DOP: Mattias Boucard

Biogaran DOP: Guillaume Adrey

Schweppes DOP: Patrick Duroux

NISSAN Nismo DOP: Benoit Soler

– Before 2015 –

Listerine DOP: Baz Irvine

Muller DOP: Kjell Lageroos

Humanis DOP: Lasse Frank

Betclic DOP: Ben Moulden

Canal Plus DOP: Andre Faccioli

Mercedes Vitto DOP: Ian Foster

Sunbites DOP: Zubin Mistry

Bonduelle DOP: Laurent Rodriguez

AXA DOP: Thomas Hardmeier

Azzaro DOP: Christopher Sabogal

Intermarche/Grizzly DOP: Michel Abramowicz

Gaz de France DOP: Christophe Beaucarne

Thomson DOP: Ben Smithard

Fage DOP: Karl Oscarsson

Bon Prix DOP: Michael Wood

Falabella DOP: Philip Blauback

Best boy

1992-1998: I have worked as Best Boy for film commercials in Greece

Feature films

2022: “the Eye” as a gaffer
Director : Daphne Schmon
Dop : James Chegwyn

2022 : East side
Director :Evgeny Ruman
DOP : Nathaniel Tobias Hochstein

2021: “Exodus” as a gaffer
Director: Abbe Hassan
DOP: Petrus Sjövik

2019: “Greed” as a gaffer
Director: Michael Winterbottom
DOP: Giles Nuttgens

2019: “To varos tis thalassas”
Director: Kostis Alevizos
DOP: Giorgos Frentzos

2009: “My life in ruins” as a gaffer (greek crew)

Director: Donald Petrie
DOP: Jose Luis Alcaine

2004: Video projection for the opening & closing ceremony of Athens Olympic Games as a gaffer

2002: “The Bourne Identity” Credit Electrician

Director: Doug Liman
DOP: Oliver Wood

1996: ‘Pronto’ Credit Best Boy

Director:Jim Mc Brite
DOP: Affonso Beato

1994: ‘Un Bruit Qui Rend Fon’ as 3rd electrician

Director: Dimitri de Clercq, Alain Robbe-Grillet
DOP: Patrice Cologne, Hans Meier, Laurence Tremolet

TV series

2016: “Descendants of the Sun”, as a gaffer (greek crew)

Director: Lee Eung-Bok

Video Clips

1992 to Present: I have also worked in many video clips in Greece.