Biography

Eleanna Santorinaiou is a writer director who lives between London and Athens.

Throughout her work she's focusing on childhood as a theme. How it shapes us and sometimes breaks us. Her characters are always "carrying" an heirloom from their salad days.

She has been participated on Riff Directors Lab (2021), Cannes Series Writers Club (2022) and she was a semi finalist on Sundance Screenwriters Lab (2015). Her films have gone into festivals around the world.

Her latest short film "Until You See Me" is on the festival run.

As a strong believer of children and their power she also makes art for them. She has been making children plays since 2008. Her show "Apples, Cinnamon & Sugar" has been the longer running play for children in Athens and it is on since December 2008. It is now turned into a digital game supported by the Greek Govenrment.
- IMDb mini biography by: Eleanna Santorinaiou

Her first job on set was when she was 4 years old. She had to move a few puppet flies being inside a hollow large pot for the series "The Lifer" that her parents produced for the Greek National Telesivion.

Her parents own the theatre and digital center Fournos in Athens Greece.

She begun her career as a theater director for children plays. Her debut was the play "Apple Cinnamon & Sugar" which has been running for 13 years. The team is now creating a game for toddlers based on the play.