Xenophon Nikolakopoulos was born in Athens, in 1981. He studied Computer Science Engineering at the National Technological Institute of Piraeus. From a very early age he was involved in photography, which he considers a means of communicating emotions, ideas and experiences. He has attended photography seminars at the Benaki Museum with Platon Rivelis, at Leica Academy with Stavros Andriotis, a photography workshop with Giannis Galanis, and has participated in several group exhibitions and photo albums.
Since 2017, he completed a videography seminar at SAE Athens and film directing workshops with Greek directors, such as Nikos Grammatikos and he has attended a sound directing seminar with Electra Venaki. Today he is a graduate student of the film directing department of IEK AKMI in Athens and holds a BA degree in film directing from Queen Margaret University in England..