Alexandros Apostolakis was born and raised in Athens. He studied graphic design at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and has been working as an illustrator, animator, storyboard artist and character designer since 2012. In 2013, he completed his first animated short film entitled The guillable kiss of Μr. Patokos. After being screened at the Drama International Short Film Festival, the film was presented in a number of film festivals around the world, winning several awards including a golden award at the 5th Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards (animation category). Ever sinceμ he has been collaborating with Odd Bleat studios as an animator for the advertising industry. In 2018, he worked on the character design and character animation for the award-winning short film Heatwave (dir. Fokion Xenos). He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by Artworks (2022).