Nikos Pastras

Nikos Pastras was born in Athens. He is a self-taught filmmaker and has been working in cinema since 2007.

He has directed four short films, “Theremin” (2008), “Lost Girl” (2012), “Acrylic” (2016), “Melatonin” (2020), TV documentaries and commercials. He has edited multiple short films, documentaries, commercials, music videos, the two most recent films by Nikos Panayotopoulos, “The Limousine” (2014) and “Rembrandt’s Daughter” (2015), and “Winona” (2019) by Alexandros-The Boy-Voulgaris, for which he received the Best Editing award from the Hellenic Film Academy.

He also works as a graphic designer and illustrator, designing titles and posters for short and feature films as well as album covers. He is currently editing his first DIY feature film, “Bastards,” while another feature film, titled “Acrylic” (based on his same-titled short film), is in pre-production and has received support from Creative Europe MEDIA, ERT SA and the Greek Film Center.