Giorgis Fotopoulos was born in Berlin in 1964 and grew up in Athens. After studying Philosophy at the Free University in Berlin, he started making his first short films. Also active as a film critic, director"s assistant, production manager, and instructor at various universities and academies, his films include: the shorts Hetze (1985), Umsonst (1988), Sehnsucht (1993), Casting (1995), Deserteure (1996), Das Drehen der Stille (1998), Staub (1999), and his feature debut Listen (Horch, 2006).

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