Panos Sambrakos

Panos Sambrakos is the Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Greece and one of the most awarded advertising creatives in Greece, with international honors at Cannes Lions, Clios, The One Show, D&AD, LIA, and the Webby Awards.

A screenwriter and a pioneer in Branded Entertainment, Panos has created several fiction films, series, and documentaries for brands that have been popular with audiences and have won a total of ten Cannes Lions. These include two Silver and one Bronze Lion for the theatrically released Love in the End (2013) for Lacta, a box office hit that also won a Gold Clio; a Silver Lion for Lacta's TV movie Agapa san na min yparhei avrio! (2016); a Gold and a Silver Lion for the web series From the Start (2017), also for Lacta; a Silver Lion for the feature-length documentary The Real Robokids (2020) for Cosmote Telekom; a Gold Lion in Glass: The Lion for Change in 2022 for Lacta's dramatic short "Don't Ever Leave Me"; a Bronze Lion for the short "Stop Bullying," created for the Greek Ministry of Education in 2024 and a Bronze Lion for the short "Escape Vehicle" for Toyota in 2026, that also won a Grand Clio in Mental Health.

Panos has served on the Entertainment Lions jury at Cannes Lions and has judged the D&AD Awards, The One Show, LIA, and the Webby Awards. In Greece, he has also served as president of the Ermis Awards. He is the founder of one of the most historic James Bond fan sites, Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!