Greek director and screenwriter, he now serves as the Artistic Director of Drama International Short Film Festival.

Yannis at his early age made some TV videos, film trailers and experimental short films. His short film Truth was screened and awarded at several international film festivals. His debut film Wild Duck was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and nominated at the 18th Busan International Film Festival for Flash Forward Award in 2013. He serves as mentor and guest speaker at several film academies in Greece.

Amerika Square directed by him won the “Most Popular Film” at the Forward Future Section of the 7th BJIFF in 2017, and was listed of the submissions to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (now “Academy Award for Best International Feature Film”) in 2018.