Twenty five years of participation in cinema and commercials’ industry, a brief synopsis outlined below
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.