Panos H. Koutras

Panos H. Koutras

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Athens, Greece

Biography

Panos H. Koutras (Greek: Πάνος Χ. Κούτρας; born in Athens) is a Greek film director, film producer and screenwriter, who made his debut with the feature film The Attack of the Giant Moussaka (1999), an independent science-fiction parody who gained international recognition in France and Japan and is still considered as a cult classic. He has directed, produced and written three more films: Real Life (2004), a French-Greek co-production, selected at the Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) Strella (2009), selected at the Panorama at Berlin International Film Festival and Xenia (2014), selected at the Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival. His latest film, Dodo (2022), a Greek-French-Belgian co-production will make its world premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

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Panos H. Koutras 1
Panos H. Koutras 2

Representative Works

Strella
Strella
6.2
/ Greek
Dodo
Dodo
5.0
/ Greek
Xenia
Xenia
6.0
/ Greek
Naked Cinema
Naked Cinema
No Rating Yet
/ Greek
Real Life
Real Life
4.6
/ Greek

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Strella
2009Nominee

Best Director

Strella

Dodo
2022Nominee

Best Writing

Dodo

Xenia
2014Nominee

Best Director

Xenia

Career Highlights

The Attack of the Giant Mousaka
1999Highlight

Best Director

The Attack of the Giant Mousaka

Naked Cinema
2010Highlight

Best Performance

Naked Cinema