Spyros Skandalos was born in Athens, Greece and has studied audiovisual arts at the Ionian University. He has been making short films and documentaries since 2014. In 2021, he co-founded the production company Assumed Position. His latest short, Horsepower, was funded by the Greek Film Center and has received a Best Actress award as well as a Golden Athena at the Greek Short Stories – In competition section of the Athens International Film Festival. In addition, Horsepower was awarded the Special Jury Award, the Cinematography Award and the Visual Storytelling Award of the Greek Society of Cinematographers at the Drama International Short Film Festival. Ilena, his first short film, which was also supported by the Greek Film Center, received the Best Short Fiction Award and the Audience Award at the 2nd Short Films Competition organized by the Onassis Foundation. His next short, Oxytocin, is funded by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation’s Microfilm program. He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2022).