EFTHIMIOS HATZIS

FILMMAKER

I am a Greek American filmmaker raised and bred in The Bronx, New York.

Went to the University of Pennsylvania to become an Astrophysics scientist… but took film classes and shifted directions to a Visual Communications Bachelor of Arts Degree. After a screening of Tarkovsky’s STALKER this sci-fi film transcended - that was it . . .

Pursed filmmaking with a scholarship at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate film program with prominent independent directors as instructors. Obtained a Master of Fine Arts with excellence in film directing. My film work received a Golden Eagle Award, Mobil Foundation Award and a Paramount Pictures grant.

While location scouting in New York for a timeless stone village to shoot a film, discouraged I left for Greece to search. There I obtained funding from the Government's Greek Film Center and shot on a remote barren island.

After that, I decided to stay.

Love New York, but It was like being replanted from a pot into a plot of land. The everyday stimuli streaming in Greece became a crucial element of my creative process. I found my film work to be inspired by the light, the ideology, the life, the color, the timeless structures and the hidden beauty found here.

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RARE LAND

RARE LAND

A young boy slowly drifts into illness. As sight + sound begin to dwindle, his love for life does not…

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Christmas Anti-fable

Christmas Anti-fable

An allegorical film where 3 scientist are called to save a dying speicies living under the earth utilizing a new procedure - the transformation of a human. This Sci -fi tale in a film noir background has received numerous international awards.

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Shores of Twilight

Shores of Twilight

A lovestruck man terribly pained from his addiction with a woman he only sees from afar runs off on a boat and connects with the misfits on the outskirt of the island. Production: Greek Film Center, CINERGON A.E. (Greece), National Television (ERT), John Costacos (USA)

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Trinity

Trinity

Production Greek Film Center and Metron Media (Greece)

Relics

Relics

In an Orwellian world entrapped by a confining wall, two new guards are appointed to prevent anyone from going over. Thoughts of the other side enter the new guards' mind.

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Rhythm and Perfection at the Acropolis

Rhythm and Perfection at the Acropolis

A commercial architect starts up a love interest in the background of ancient beauty that changes his perspective on art and love.

Heart of Fear

Heart of Fear

Fixation entrapped in your mind will guide you to wondrous doings. A Psychological thriller based on Edgar Allens Poe A Tell-Tale Heart.

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Exodus

Exodus

a love story in a parable. Harmony is disturbed by a strangers devising whisper. The male gaze is challenged in this short visual tale.

Beyond Dream

Beyond Dream

A woman suffering from her husbands cruelty seeks inner peace. A short film of a dead end story with an improbable solution.

ADTR

ADTR

Structures of Life: Wonderment, Fear, Yearning and Contentment

Structures of Life: Wonderment, Fear, Yearning and Contentment

In this experimental short the cinematic language meets architectural models to create an emotional passage.

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A Day Shooting Woman

A Day Shooting Woman

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  • Athens, Attica, Greece