- Dimitrios Katsantonis is an adventure-seeking, storytelling nomad who now spends most of his time in Los Angeles (USA) & London (UK).
His professional background includes membership of the Bar of England & Wales, the Middle Temple Inn of Court, and the New York State Bar. He worked in investment finance in various roles across the globe including a reconstruction-related stint in a conflict zone (Afghanistan). He is a licensed derivatives trader (Eurex) and is also certified in Fund Management (CISI), and Islamic Finance ((CISI/ESA/Banque du Liban). In 2010 he graduated from Ealing Studios-based Met Film School with an advanced diploma in filmmaking. During that industrious time, he was trained in the various basic disciplines of filmmaking including directing, editing, producing, and acting.
His literary portfolio includes two novels 'Chiaroscuro' and' 'Arcania Lost: The Forbidden Chronicles of Alchemy and War' & two novellas 'The Moonlighter of Yesteryears' and 'The Extinction Protocols'.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- His novel "Chiaroscuro" is a lyrical exploration of the human condition through the eyes of an artist, a famed director who reached the pinnacle of his profession during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Beginning in the early years of American filmmaking in Fort Lee (NJ) and Tinseltown (CA) the story travels all the way to the blockbuster days of the present. A deconstruction of mortality, time, and youth in a world meant to exist only in the chiaroscuro shades of celluloid.
- One scene in the screenplay of "Echoes of the Past" pays close homage to Fritz Lang's "M" (1931).
- One of his passions is the critical analysis of German Expressionism in film, 1910s to 1930s.
- His novel "Arcania Lost: The Forbidden Chronicles of Alchemy & War" belongs to the dark urban fantasy genre and offers a subversive version of human history populated by a thaumaturgical world long lost to a brutal, clandestine battle that has been raging for centuries.
- His novella "The Extinction Protocols" deals with a massive global conspiracy that has its destructive origins in Amphipolis and an enigmatic finding-swiftly classified top secret-the recent archaeological dig uncovered.
- Navigating the 'fog of war' almost always produces many versions of the truth. Staying close to the core of the historical event is a fragile, balancing act that can cause some derision.
- History often comes to us with one-dimensional characters, and creating a mythology around them, giving them much-needed layers, is vital in creating a suspenseful film that can stir the audience's emotions and create empathy.
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