Yiorgos Fourtounis was born in Rhodes in 1984. Ηe grew up in Athens where he studied Philosophy-Pedagogy-Psychology at the University of Athens and Filmmaking at the technical college AKMI. Since 2005 he has worked as a film editor, assistant director and assistant cinematographer in the following films: “Boy is Eating the Bird’s Food” (by Εktoras Lygizos), “The Sentimentalists” (by Nicholas Triantafyllidis), ‘The Sunset” (by Gregoris Rentis). He has directed three short films. His second film ”Pistoma” (On the Belly) was shown in Rio de Janeiro/Curta Cinema, in Thessaloniki and at the festival Short Shorts in Tokyo. It was awarded as Best Fiction at the International Short Film Festival of Drama (Northern Greece) and was nominated for Best Short Film of the Year by the Greek Film Academy. His film ”Icaros” was shown at the 21st Athens International Film Festival and won the award for Best Director.