THANOS MITSIOS IS AN AWARD-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR BASED IN ATHENS, GREECE. WHILE STUDYING INFORMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE HE DECIDED FILMMAKING WAS HIS CALLING. SINCE THEN, HE’S DIRECTED NUMEROUS AWARDED COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS FEATURED ON PRESTIGIOUS BLOGS SUCH AS SHOTS, ADS OF THE WORLD AND DIRECTOR’S LIBRARY. THANOS WAS ANNOUNCED BEST NEW DIRECTOR IN ERMIS AWARDS 2021, WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEW GENERATION AWARD IN BERLIN COMMERCIAL AWARDS 2023, WON AN EPICA BRONZE AWARD IN 2025 AND SECURED THE FINALIST SPOT IN CICLOPE FESTIVAL 2026. ‘ROGER’ IS HIS DEBUT SHORT FILM FUNDED BY THE GREEK FILM CENTER.

THANOS IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR US & EU REPRESENTATION.


CONTACT 

︎ thanosmitsios@gmail.com
︎ @thanosmits

AWARDS & FESTIVALS
2026 | CICLOPE FESTIVAL - FINALIST
2026 | CRESTA AWARDS - FINALIST
2026 | BERLIN COMMERCIAL AWARDS - SHORTLIST
2026 | ERMIS AWARDS - ERMIS SILVER WINNER
2025 | EPICA AWARDS - EPICA BRONZE WINNER
2025 | NEW YORK FESTIVALS AD AWARDS - BRONZE WINNER
2025 | SHOTS AWARDS - SHORTLIST
2025 | BERLIN COMMERCIAL AWARDS - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2025 | BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS - SHORTLIST
2025 | MEXICO CITY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL MIRADA CORTA - SEMIFINALIST
2025 | OXFORD SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - BEST ONLINE FILM WINNER
2025 | AIMAFF - BEST SHORT FILM WINNER
2025 | ERMIS AWARDS - 2X ERMIS SILVER & 1X ERMIS BRONZE WINNER 
2024 | ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - GSC SPECIAL MENTION
2024 | ERMIS AWARDS - ERMIS BRONZE WINNER
2023 | BERLIN COMMERCIAL AWARDS - SHORTLIST
2021 | ERMIS AWARDS - BEST NEW DIRECTOR AWARD WINNER
2021 | ERMIS AWARDS - ERMIS BRONZE WINNER
2021 | BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL - SHORTLIST
2020 | BERLIN COMMERCIAL AWARDS - SHORTLIST

PRESS
2026 | SHOTS - FEATURE FOR “PPC X EUROLEAGUE”
2026 | SHOTS - FEATURE FOR “SUPERBET - PAOK FC”
2026 | LÜRZER’S ARCHIVE - FEATURE FOR “UNICEF - SCARS”
2025 | DIRECTOR’S LIBRARY - FEATURE FOR “UNICEF - SCARS”
2025 | FRAMESET - FEATURE FOR “UNICEF - SCARS”
2025 | ADSOFTHEWORLD - FEATURE FOR “BWIN - OLYMPIACOS”
2025 | FRAMESET - FEATURE FOR “BWIN - OLYMPIACOS”
2025 | SHOTS - FEATURE FOR “IKEA - SLEEP” CAMPAIGN
2023 | ADSOFTHEWORLD - FEATURE FOR “KELLOGG’S EXTRA”