Christos Nikou
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Athens, Greece
Biography
Christos Nikou (born 1984; Athens) is a Greek film director and screenwriter. His short film Km (2012) participated in over 40 international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Stockholm, Palm Springs, Sydney, Tallinn Black Nights, and Interfilm Berlin. It won him the Best Short Film Prize at the Motovun Film Festival of Croatia.
For the past ten years, he has worked as an assistant director on the feature films Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos) and Before Midnight (Richard Linklater), as well as 4 Black Suits, Nobody, Christmas Tango, A Greek Type of Problem, 7 Kinds of Wrath, and Approach. His first feature film with him in the directing seat was Apples (2020).
Best known work
Before Midnight
2013
Dogtooth
2009
Fingernails
2023
Apples
2021
The Christmas Tango
2011
4 Black Suits
2010
Nobody
2011
A Greek Type of Problem
2013
7 Kinds of Wrath
2014
Maasai
2014Filmography
2023
FingernailsProducer, Director, Writer
2021
ApplesDirector, Writer, Producer
2020
Inseparableas Himself
2019
ApproachFirst Assistant Director
2014
7 Kinds of WrathFirst Assistant Director
2014
MaasaiAssistant Director
2013
Before MidnightAssistant Director, Extras Casting
2013
A Greek Type of ProblemAssistant Director
2012
kmDirector, Writer
2011
The Christmas TangoFirst Assistant Director
2011
NobodySecond Assistant Director
2010
4 Black SuitsSecond Assistant Director
2009
DogtoothSecond Assistant Director, Script Supervisor
2008
MetaxourgeioDirector of Photography, Director, Sound