- Born
- January 1, 1979 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Athens, Greece
- Also known as
- Sofia Exarhou
- Titles
- 3 titles
Biography
Sofia Exarchou was born in Athens. She studied Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Directing at the Stavrakos School and Theater at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York. She continued her postgraduate studies at the ESAV School in Toulouse. In 2014, she was selected to participate in the Sundance Screenwriters & Directors’ Lab. “Park”, her first feature film, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won the New Directors Award. It then participated in numerous festivals such as San Francisco, and won international awards (Rotterdam, BFI London, Best European Film Award - EFF Palic and Newcomer Director Award - EAK). She is currently in the process of preparing her 2nd feature film "Animal", which was selected and presented at L'Atelier of the Cannes Film Festival (2020).
