Yorgos Arvanitis was born in 1978. After studying Business Administration in Larissa, he attended seminars by Wim Wenders and Fatih Akin at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. He gained valuable experience during his internship in directing alongside Fatih Akin in the film "Head On". He has worked on short films as an assistant director and has written, directed and produced short films and short documentaries. "The Journey of Askavlos " is his first feature film. This independent production took ten years to complete and is entirely self-financed. He is currently working on another music documentary about the iconic traditional Greek clarinetist Petroloukas Halkias..