Konstantinos Samaras was born and raised in Thessaloniki. He graduated with a Law degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and then studied Film in Paris, where he lived and worked for several years. In addition to directing, he has worked as a film festival programmer and film critic. He has worked as an assistant director in various films, including Nikos Panayotopoulos, Benoît Jacquot, Panos Koutras. He has directed the short films «Gloria», «The Red Raincoat», «The Quiet Nights», «Three Eggholders Almost Four». His first feature film, «Magic Skin», was screened in Berlin Critics Week, while the protagonist Anthi Efstratiadou won the Emerging Actor Award at the Athens International Film Festival «Opening Nights». He is in the process of preparing his second feature film «Epitaph».