YannisPapanastasopoulos
Directing/Camera & Drone/Stills
Field Notes
Travel he shoots on his own time, between commissions. No client, no brief, no crew: a place, and a voice over it.
Somewhere Between Grey & BlueDirectorField Notes · 2026
Costa BravaDirectorField Notes · 2025
SerifosDirectorField Notes · 2024
HomesDirectorField Notes · 2024
ThessalonikiDirectorField Notes · 2024
Trapped in ExarcheiaDirectorField Notes · 2023
A Day in KypseliDirectorField Notes · 2023
LeonidioDirectorField Notes · 2023
LookDirectorField Notes · 2022Stills: the contact sheet
Photography · 35mm & digitalLights on. Six series on the table. Open one for the full set in the darkroom.
About
Yannis Papanastasopoulos is an Athens-born filmmaker and director whose work spans music videos, documentaries, and commercials. He trained at the ARRI Academy in Munich and cut his teeth on the sets of Nu Boyana Film Studios before returning to the streets and rooftops of Athens, where he finds most of his stories.
He co-leads Sunlight Productions alongside DoP Amalia Kovaiou, a production house built on craft, collaboration, and caring deeply about both the image and the story behind it.
ARRI AcademyNu Boyana StudiosSunlight Productions











