Creative Spirit- Filmmaker Veloudenia Ntatsopoulos

Veloudenia Ntatsopoulos, a native of Athens, Greece, is the defining epitome of  “creative spirit” at large. Educated at the London Metropolitan University in London, England and obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and International Relations, it would seem that Velvet would be destined for a political career, or at the very least, a peripatetic ambassador to the world. However, as fate and her choice would have it, her disposition lent itself to a self-realized actualization of an artist-in-process.

She landed her first production job as a First Assistant Director and Operations Manager to Anisma Films – a company with offices in Athens and New York. From 2010 to 2014, her duties included support to the company President and overseeing the great majority of internal operations. She was instrumental in the success of the critically acclaimed documentary “Great Directors”, due in large part to her skill and expertise in the area of social media, but no less to her talent in controlling film finances, production budget and exercising authority over casting decisions and securing needed locations.

Not merely an extremely adept facilitator for most things film-related, Velvet is also in the process of publishing her first volume of poetry. An exciting part of her recent past also included volunteer work at the 2004 Olympic Games and for the 2013 Athens City Marathon. She admits her inspiration for moving forward with stealth and purpose are movies inspired by such artists as Bertolucci, Truffaut and the legendary Tarantino