Niko Volonakis

Niko Volonakis

Historia

Though born in New York City, Niko Volonakis immigrated to Athens, Greece when he was seven years old when his father, a Greek national, relocated his family there. Since 2002, Niko has divided his time among New York, Greece and San Francisco, where he studied film at City College in San Francisco and embarked upon his indie film career, playing in a number of indie films and meeting another indie filmmaker, Egyptian Taher Medhat from Cairo. Medhat returned to Cairo in 2010 and kept in contact with Niko during the Egyptian uprising. Shortly thereafter, Greece had its own upheaval and it was at this time that they decided to film both rebellions and use them as the backdrop for the films, "Cairo Year Zero" and "Hate Your City."

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Niko Volonakis

Películas

Lyvia's House
Lyvia's House
Director
When a young journalist suspects the disappearance of a beautiful artist is connected to murders that took place 20 years earlier, she uncovers a reality she never could have imagined. Inspired by true events.
Cairo Year Zero
Cairo Year Zero
Director
In the culminating months before the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, four young friends spend a casual evening roaming their native Cairo before an unexpected altercation fatefully transforms one of them into an unlikely revolutionary symbol.