Tassos Boulmetis

Tassos Boulmetis studied Physics at the University of Athens and Film Production and Direction at the University of California (UCLA), under a scholarship support from the A. Onassis Foundation. At UCLA he taught as a teaching assistant classes on directing actors for film and television. In Greece he started his career as a director/producer of TV shows for the state TV networks. In 1990 he wrote, directed and co-produced the film "The Dream Factory" which was shot on analogue video and then transferred to 35mm film. The film obtained 8 awards in Greece and the Golden Award of Fantasy Movies in the Houston Film Festival. For several years he directed TV Commercials for Greek and European agencies. His second feature film, "A Touch of Spice", which he wrote, directed and co-produced is a labor of love for him as the story is based, mostly, on true facts drawn from his own life. The film became the biggest hit ever in Greece with over 1.600.00 admissions and has been distributed in 45 countries in all over the world. A "Touch of Spice" has been presented in several festivals around the world and has been awarded with 8 Awards of excellency in Greece. The film was Greece's official entry in the Academy Awards of 2005. His recent academic activities include, teaching classes on Advanced Film Directing, in private institutions in Greece. He is the first unanimously elected president of the Hellenic Film Academy. His third feature, "MYTHOPATHY", a coming of age story of a young man during the 70's in Greece, is a sarcastic comedy, about the Greek political system, and how it ended up in today's crisis. In 2018 he wrote directed an co-produced, the film "1968", a docu-fiction project, presenting the story of A.E.K. an underdog basketball team, founded by refugees in 1924 and after almost 50 years, won the European Champions Cup. He is a member of European Film Academy.