Born in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1957. He came to Greece in 1964. He studied Physics in the University of Athens and Film Production and Direction in the University of California (UCLA), with scholarship from the Onassis Foundation, where he also worked for a while as an assistant.

In Greece he started his career as a director/producer of TV shows in the national television channels. He then co-produced, directed and wrote the film "Dream Factory". The film gained 8 awards in Greece and the Golden Award of Fantasy Movies in the Houston Film Festival. Since 1988 he's been directing TV spots, internationally, and has specialized in Special Effects and Processing of Electronic Images.