George C. Siougas
Director / Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
George is an Oscar® & BAFTA® Shortlisted Director from Athens and moved to the UK to study at the London Film School, where he made 5 short films which competed in more than 50 festivals worldwide and won between them 5 Grand Prixs and 4 Best Director awards. Two of these shorts have since gone on to be used as examples of “High Quality and Vision” in the film school’s curriculum.
George returned to Greece in 2002 after being headhunted to direct Close Your Eyes, a No1 rated prime-time hour-long weekly drama for Mega TV. The series went on to become one of the most popular series in the history of Greek TV and won 5 awards at the 2003 Hellenic TV Awards, including Best Director. After that George’s TV career took off and he directed across all platforms for the next 10 years.
Burning Heads (aka “To Gala”), his debut feature, was completed in 2012. It was nominated for 11 awards by the Hellenic Film Academy that year including Best Director, and went on to win Best Actor and Best Actress awards at Alexandria Film Festival (2012) and Best actor and Best Film in London Greek Film Festival (2012). In addition, it was selected to close the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival in 2012.
When Greece's economy collapsed in 2012, George and his family relocated to Cyprus where he directed several high end TV dramas over the next four years. In 2015 they relocated to the UK where George has established himself as a well sought out director for UK broadcasters.
His CASUALTY S36 E12 episode was amongst the four episodes nominated for a BAFTA (2022) and he was also nominated for a BAFTA Craft Award the same year.
In 2023 George wrote and directed the short film THE ONE NOTE MAN starring Jason Watkins with the voice of Ian McKellen and music by Oscar winning composer Stephen Warbeck. It recently won the Grand Prize and Best Live Action Short at the Rhode Island Short Film Festival. **The film has been BAFTA and Oscar Shortlisted in the Best Live Action Short Film.**
George is currently developing THE ONE NOTE MAN into a feature film and is working on another feature, CARNIVAL, a heist movie set during the Notting Hill carnival.
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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SHEEP | Josh Friedman | TV-Series in Development |
THE ONE NOTE MAN | Cusp Films / Moseley Road Productions | Feature film developed from his short film |
THE BOUNCER | Cusp Films / Moseley Road Productions | Feature in Development |
THE STONE | Josh Friedman | Original Series in development |
CARNIVAL | Josh Friedman | Feature in development |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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CASUALTY 2021 - 2023 | BBC | 7 x 60' |
SO AWKWARD 2016 - 2017 | CBBC |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
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THE ONE NOTE MAN 2023 | Cusp Films / Moseley Road Productions | Written & Directed by George **BAFTA & Oscar Shortlisted in the Best Live Action Short Film** *Winner* Barcelona Indie Short Film Festival |
THE FRIDGE | Winner 3 awards at Drama Film Festival Greece including Best Director & Best Actor | |
LOVE TENDER | Winner Best Sci-Fi Greece | |
SKIN FLICK | Winner Best Short San Diego | |
B-MOVIE STATUS | Winner Best Short at the Moscow International Film Festival |
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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2011 | Odeon / CL Productions, Faliro House Productions | Nominated 11 awards by the Hellenic Film Academy including Best Director, |