Thanassis Karathanos

Thanasis Karathanos Greek Θανάσης Καραθάνος Berlin 1967 is a GreekGerman film producer He has participated in over 40 films both Greek and foreign some of which have won awards He has won an award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his participation in the production of Tulpan 2008 an award at the Jerusalem Film Festival for his participation in the production of Ajami 2009 as well as an award from the Hellenic Film Academy for his work Wednesday 0445 2016 He is a member of the European Film Institute and the German Film Academy He also participated in the production of Paul Verhoevens multiaward winning work Elle 2016 His career in cinema began in the late 1990s After finishing his studies at Panteion he began his masters degree in Germany but never completed it in order to pursue a career in cinema Born in Berlin he came to Greece at the age of 2 only to later return to Germany where since 1998 he has maintained his own production company called Twenty Twenty Vision In 2003 he cofounded the company Pallas Film