Faidon Sofianos

Phaedon Sofianos (born November 4, 1952 in Istanbul) is a Greek director, composer and television producer, member of the Sofianos Family. He was born in Istanbul to a Greek father and a German mother. His sister is Ivi Sofianou and his parents are Brigitte Sofianou and Dimos Sofianos. When he was nine years old, the whole family came and settled in Greece, specifically in Nea Smyrni. He graduated from the German School of Athens, studied at the Law School of Athens and did postgraduate studies in corporate law in Freiburg, West Germany. He worked as a German teacher with the Goethe Institute of Athens and with the Moraiti, Marouda and Ag. Friday. He studied photography at the Stavrakos School, Communication at the Open University of Hagen, West Germany and Philosophy at the Open University of Athens. Since 1975 he has been working exclusively for the audio-visual productions of the Sofianou House companies as a producer, director and composer. He has collaborated with Greek and forei...