Panos H. Koutras

Panos H. Koutras (Greek: Πάνος Χ. Κούτρας; born in Athens) is a Greek film director, film producer and screenwriter, who made his debut with the feature film The Attack of the Giant Moussaka (1999), an independent science-fiction parody who gained international recognition in France and Japan and is still considered as a cult classic. He has directed, produced and written three more films: Real Life (2004), a French-Greek co-production, selected at the Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) Strella (2009), selected at the Panorama at Berlin International Film Festival and Xenia (2014), selected at the Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival. His latest film, Dodo (2022), a Greek-French-Belgian co-production will make its world premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

Works

I Diki Mas Oikogeneia

"Our family" has everything. Real, modern people, real relationships, funny but also emotionally charged moments. Relationships that are built daily, grow, strengthen and become a point of reference. With those we already know, but also with others we have never met. Which sometimes operate in a completely realistic context and sometimes escape into "surreal" situations.

Release Date: 2022-10-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 149

Dodo

A dodo, a bird that disappeared 3000 years ago, makes its appearance in Athens in the luxurious residence of a family on the verge of ruin for which the countdown has begun: the 38 crucial and saving hours that separate them from the marriage of their daughter with a rich heir. The boundaries between reason and madness will be tested and the situation will soon be out of control.

Release Date: 2022-08-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 12

Θα Γίνει Της Πολυκατοικίας

Release Date: 2019-09-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 36

Vote Count: 2

Ελεύθερη Σχέση

Release Date: 2018-10-29

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 33

Κάτι Χωρισμένα Παλικάρια

Release Date: 2017-10-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 80

Vote Count: 1

Οι Συμμαθητές

Release Date: 2014-10-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 433

Vote Count: 3

Xenia

Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.

Release Date: 2014-06-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 66

Oneiro Itan

Release Date: 2013-09-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Ελεύθερος κι ωραίος

Release Date: 2012-01-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 14

Vote Count: 1

Naked Cinema

In the early 70s Greek cinema entered in a period of crisis. One of its aspects was said "crisis of issues" and one of the exits heard in the name "erotic cinema". The genre was already acquaintance from the abundance of foreigner films, that was distributed in the grindhouses under the "adults only" motto and its Greek version had a lot of variants.

Release Date: 2010-04-08

Character: Πάνος Κούτρας

Strella

Yiorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed in his small Greek village. He spends his first night out in a cheap downtown hotel in Athens. There he meets Strella, a young trans sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love.

Release Date: 2009-02-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 43

Φίλα τον Βάτραχό σου

Release Date: 2007-10-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 58

Vote Count: 3

Μόνο Εσύ

Release Date: 2006-10-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 20

Vote Count: 2

Real Life

Aris, 27 years old, returns home after a long journey... His mother, an eccentric and lonely woman lives together with her secretary, Sylvia and her loyal gardener mute Christos. Her house is famous not only for its view in Acropolis but also for his pool: the deepest in Europe. Determined to leave behind his past and start a new life, Aris, will search the secret of his youth, he will fall in love with a poor girl, Alexandra and he will confront his own ghosts. In the meanwhile a fire turns Athens into a living hell...

Release Date: 2004-11-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 7

The Attack of the Giant Mousaka

Around the year 2000, a terrible occurence shocks the city of Athens: a huge piece of moussaka appears on the city streets, spreading panic and death. Everyone keeps wondering: why, where, how, for what reason? But no one can give an answer...

Release Date: 1999-09-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 17

Ntoltse Vita

Ntoltse Vita is a Greek comedy directed by Alexandros Rigas and co-written with Lefteris Papapetrou which aired on Mega Channel from 1995 to 1997. The series focused on the illegal affair between Christina Markatou and her daughter's future husband. The entire structure of the show was based in which way the relationship will remain secret from the family members, the working and social environment through hilarious situations. Ntoltse Vita draw high ratings and is one of the most successful series in Greek television history. Reruns of the show are airing until today.

Release Date: 1995-10-05

Department: Directing

Job: Series Director

Episode Count: 70

Vote Count: 10

Emeis ki emeis

The every day life and troubles of eight friends living in the same apartment building in the center of Athens.

Release Date: 1994-09-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 139

Vote Count: 1