Director – Producer – Former Chairman of the Board of the Greek Film Centre.

Vasilis Vafeas was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He came to Greece in 1957, where he studied Chemistry and worked for many years as a laboratory and plant manager at pharmaceutical companies. Since 1973, he has made 13 short films and 9 feature films, working as a screenwriter, director and producer. Since 1987, he has directed 11 theatrical productions at municipal and state theatres, as well as at the Free Theatre (“Elefthero Theatro”), and two multimedia productions at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron).

Vasilis Vafeas has served as Chairman of the Board of the Greek Film Centre, Programme Advisor at ERT-2, Artistic Director of the Mediterranean Documentary Festival, and Chairman of ERMEIAS, the Collective Management Organisation for the Related Rights of Film Producers.