Production Designer //
Art Director
Some things about me..
Born in Athens, Maria initially spent a year in New York studying at Parsons the new school for design following lessons of fine art before deciding to combine her passion for performance by starting her studies at Wimbledon College of Art completing a Bachelors degree followed by a Master’s degree at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Since graduating, she has designed several opera, film, adverts and fashion shows in Athens, London, Germany, Switzerland, Iceland and many other places around the globe.
Biggest passion_Design.
PROFESSIONAL WORK:
Production Designer, Heineken GLobal Campaign, Old is Gold, Director: Ali Ali, Athens 2021
Production Designer, Rockin’ Mamas, Rolling Stone Magazine, Director: Ali Ali, Athens 2021
Art Director, Badya Free the City, Director: Ali Ali, Athens 2021
Art Director, Dimello TVC, Director: Dimitris Bouradas, Athens 2021
Production designer, Kodak, PORTAL, short film, director: Thomas Bergmann, Athens, Germany, Spain, 2021
Art Director, Yusuf/ Cat Stevens, Wild World Video Clip, Director: Effie Pappa, Athens, 2020
Art Director, Costa Coffee, 3E, Digital Campaign, Director: Kostadinos Stagkikas, Athens, 2020
Art Director, Duo, Happy Endings, Director: Thanos Mitsios, Athens 2020
Art Director, Lidl Woman, German Campaign, Director: Thomas Bergmann, Germany 2020
Art Director, Pringles, Tastes Like Summer, online Campaign, director: Fivos Kontogiannis, Athens, 2020
Production designer/ Art director, TVC, GSK, Campaign ambassador Sakis Rouvas, director: Leonidas Panonidis, Athens, 2020
Production designer/ art director, TVC, UNHCR, Refugees Welcome director: Kostadinos Stagkikas, Athens, 2019
Set & costume assistant designer, Iketides, National Theatre of Greece, director: Stathis Livathinos, designer: George Souglides, 2019
Set designer, 360 Events company, Athens, Greece, 2019
Set & costume assistant designer, Jenufa, National Opera of Greece, director: Nicola Raab, designer: George Souglides, 2018
Projection designer, The Flying Dutchman, Reisopera, Netherlands Director: Paul Carr, Set & Costume: Gary MacCan, Projections: Silbersalz film 2018
Production designer/ Art director, Alcon contact lenses advert/ Global campaign Silbersalz film, Tel Aviv, 2018
Assistant designer, Yokihi, by Komparu Zenchiku, National Opera of Greece director: Michael Marmarinos, designer: Eva Manidaki, 2017
Production designer/ Art director, Playboy/ Shower products , Silbersalz film, Athens, 2017
Production designer/ Art director, Silbersalz film, Stuttgart, 2017
Production designer, Dove film advert/ Real women, Rankin Photography, London, 2016
Production designer/ Art director, House of Fraser film advert/ Christmas Rankin Photography, London, 2016
Production designer, Bombay Sapphire Event The Robin Collective,The Bike Shed Motorcycle, London, 2016
Art department assistant, Where Hands Touch, Pinewood Studios designer: Arwel Wyn Jones, Cardiff, 2016
Production designer, LASKARIS Haute Couture fashion show director: Emmanouil Koutsourelis, Athens and Moscow, 2016
Assistant set & costume designer, Carmen by Bizet, National Opera of Greece designer: George Souglidis, director: Stephen Langridge Odeon of Herodes Atticus , Athens, Feb-July 2015, July 2016
Set designer, Falstaff by Verdi director: Martin Constantine, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 2016
Art department assistant, Sherlock, BBC, designer: Arwel Wyn Jones, 2016
Assistant designer, Ten Weeks, ‘NEW 2016’, director: Kate Wasserberg, RWCMD Burton Theatre, London’s Gate Theatre, 2016
Production designer/ Art director, Lidl commercial, Silbersalz film director: Thomas Bergmann, Athens, Santorini and London, 2015
Set designer, LASKARIS Haute Couture operatic fashion show director: Emmanouil Koutsourelis, Athens, 2014, 2015
Installation Designer, Gregs House: The Old New Land, Dudu Loft, Athens, 2014
Renovation and redesign of recording studio Dudu Loft, Athens, 2014
Event planning and organising, Music and Musicians SA, Athens, 2014
Set and costume designer, The Medium by Menotti director: Natalie Katsou, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, London 2014
Interior designer, By Hand jewellery shop , Athens, 2014
Assistant designer, Attys by Lully, designer: Paris Mexis, director: Lucinda Childs, Theater Kiel, Germany, 2014
Set and costume designer, Wolf Kisses by Paloma Pedrero director: Natalie Katsou, Arcola Theatre, London, 2014
Set and costume designer, Bazaar by David Planell director: Natalie Katsou, Arcola Theatre, London, 2014
Model and prop making, London Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies, 2012
assistant designer, Lost Time , designer/director: Geraldine Pilgrim , National Theatre Studio, London, 2012
Design assistant, Canterbury Tales, director: Juliane von Sivers Southwark Playhouse, London, 2011
Costume design and costume making, LOUKIA Haute Couture, Ahens, 2010
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Proficient compluter skills in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Aftereffects, Au- toCAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp, Rhino, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office Suite
OTHER SKILLS:
Model making, drawings, sewing machine skills, alterations
LANGUAGES:
English (fluent), Greek (fluent), French (Conversational)
EDUCATION:
MA Design for Performance, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 2014-15
BA (Hons) Design for Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts (UAL), London, 2010-13
Foundation course, University For The Creative Arts, Kent, 2009-10,
Fine Arts, Parsons The New School For Design, New York, 2009