George Varotsis

Writer and Director

George Varotsis

Writer and Director

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I was born in Athens, Greece, and studied Industrial Management (BSc), Fiction Film Production & Moving Image (MA), and Cognitive Narratology (PhD).

My monograph "Screenplay and Narrative Theory” investigates the cognitive processes writers employ during narrative and dramatic composition so as to solve logic-related problems and advance their story, and is published by Lexington Books. It can be found on all major bookstores worldwide.

I have been a visiting lecturer at the University of Birmingham, the Central Film School London and the University of Reading, a full-time lecturer in creative industries at GSM London/University of Plymouth, and a visiting lecturer in Screenwriting at the American College of Greece (Deree). I am currently a visiting lecturer in producing for cinema at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA).

I irreversibly fell in love with movies at the age of 7 when my father took me to the cinema for the first time. I'm an ardent book reader, a strategy video-game enthusiast, a science buff, an impenitent rock 'n' roll man, and an eternal film fanatic. My heroes can be found in the sciences, philosophy, arts, literature, movies and rock 'n' roll music.

My proof-of-concept short film AUTONOMOUS was awarded the Best Sci-Fi Short Film at the London International Short Film Festival (LISFF), the Silver Award at The Box Film Festival 2016, was a Finalist at the Phoenix ComiCon 2017, US, and a Finalist in more than twenty festivals around the world. It premièred at the 35th SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. You can watch AUTONOMOUS here.

My screenplay MAVEN, an action/thriller with franchise potential, is out to cast, producers and financiers.

My script BLACK EQUINOX, a crime/thriller in the vein of Se7en, which I am set to direct and executive produce, having the opportunity to work alongside Emmy-nominated cinematographer Fabian Wagner ASC (Venom3, House of Dragon, Justice League, Game of Thrones, Frankenstein).

I'm represented as writer/director by Jake Friedman at Scenario Ent.