Biography

Christos Passalis is a theatre and film director and actor, born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He participated as an actor in Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (Prix Un Certain Regard, 2009 Cannes IFF, Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards), Syllas Tzoumerkas' Homeland (Venice 2010) and The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (Berlinale 2019), Vardis Marinakis' Black Field (Karlovy Vary IFF 2010), and Fiona Tan's History's Future. His co-directed with Syllas Tzoumerkas, hybrid film The City and the City had its world premiere at the Encounters Competition of the 72nd Berlinale and its North-American premiere at the New Directors/New Films by MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center. His debut feature film Silence 6-9 had its world premiere at the Crystal Globe Competition of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
- IMDb mini biography by: Delbert G.