Chris Tourlakis is a photographer & filmmaker, mostly activated in Athens. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he attended his first seminar Photography courses, completed his Professional Photography Studies in NYIP (New York City, US, 2010) and Michigan State University (Michigan, US, 2020). He followed his Film Directing Studies at Berlin Metropolitan University (Berlin, Germany, 2016). He participated in several exhibitions and nominated in many international contests, mostly for portrait and fashion photography, such as in Thessaloniki Cinema Museum where his photo exhibition "We Are Here Too" ("Είμαστε κι Εμείς Εδω"), a project that introduced portraits of Greek gay activists, was hosted (September 2014).
Among his activities, he was the photography director of Broadway’s production “Aeschylus’ Oresteia”, directed by Leonidas Loizides, that toured worldwide, including New York’s Broadway Stage and London’s West End, awarded by UNO and nominated for several other awards. He was also the official photographer for Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi in Athens, Greece, for 2012, directed by Laertis Vasiliou. As well, he is a published fashion photographer, participated in many national and international fashion events, such as AXDW 2019 Athens, Greece and New York’s Fashion Week 2010 New York, US.
His Short films, (directing): "The Pelican Dance", "Love and Death", "Bi Me", "Be-Twin Shots" and "Broken", participated in many international short film festivals, such as Loikka Dance film festival, at Helsinki, Finland, at 2015, 2nd Greensboro Dance Film Festival at North Carolina US (entry film), Dance Film Festival UK, São Carlos Videodance Festival Brazil and many more.
Chris Tourlakis, is also a Photography Educator and he frequently gives specialised photography workshops.
His studio is located in Glyfada, Athens, Greece, providing specialised photography, videography and cinematography services, as well as Photography, Editing and Make up educational workshops, with his professional team.