Sarantos Georgios Zervoulakos

Sarantos Georgios Zervoulakos born in 1980 in Thessaloniki, Greece. His father is Greek and his mother German.

He has studied medicine in Germany, having completed the first cycle of studies. It was then that he first got involved in theater, working as a trainee and assistant director, among others, at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, the Sopehiensaele in Berlin, the University of Fine Arts in Berlin, the bat-Studiotheater at the “Ernst Busch” Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin and the Kampnagel in Hamburg.

From 2006 to 2010, he studied Theater Directing at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. During his studies, he took part in many theatrical productions and international festivals in Germany, Austria and France. After graduating from the Max Reinhardt Seminar in 2010, his work as a director has been presented, among others, at the Schauspielhaus in Dusseldorf, the Schauspielhaus in Graz, the Oberhausen Theater in Oberhausen, the Staatstheater in Mainz, the Schauspiel in Leipzig, the Residenztheater in Munich, the Volkstheater and the Burgtheater in Vienna, the National Theater of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki and the National Theater of Greece in Athens.

"Alexandra K*'s play, Revolutionary Ways To Clean Your Swimming Pool", was his first staging in Athens, in 2018, with shows at the Greek National Theatre's Experimental Stage (Katerina Paxinou Stage). In 2011, Sarantos Georgios Zervoulakos was nominated for the “Best New Artist” Nestroy Award for his direction of David Greig and Gordon McIntyre’s play “Midsummer” at the Vestibül of the Burgtheater in Vienna. Moreover, in 2012, he was declared “Best New Artist” in a survey among theater critics conducted by the “Theater Heute” magazine. Sarantos Georgios Zervoulakos lives in Vienna and Athens.