Dimitris Zouras was born in Athens in 1994. He studied film direction at the Stavrakos Film
School graduating in 2016. He has participated in numerous acting workshops and has been
involved as an actor in amateur theater productions. He was part of short and feature films as
an assistant director and PA.
Since 2016 he has been a member of “Athens Casting” an established casting agency based in
Athens working as a casting director for commercials and feature films. Some of the films he
worked on include critically acclaimed films produced and co-produced in Greece, such as
“Pity” (2018) dir. Babis Makridis, “All the pretty Little Horses” (2020) dir. Michalis
Konstantatos, “Monday” (2020) dir. Argyris Papadimitropoulos,“Broadway”
(2022) dir. Christos Massalas,“Bleat” (2022) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, “Gorgona“ dir. Evi Kalogiropoulou, “Sacrifice“ dir. Romain Gavras.
He has written and directed 4 short films, that they are selected and awarded in festivals
around the world. The films are filmed in Athens, exploring themes of complex family
dynamics and relationships, gender and sexuality. His fourth film ''Fouetté" is produced by ERT
and co-produced by the Onassis Foundation. Currently, he is working on the script for his first
feature-length film, “Disqualifié” that is selected to Les Arcs Co production village.