Panagiotis Vekris was born in 1974 in Mytilene, Greece. He studied architecture in Pescara - Italy. Since 2004 he works as architect in his hometown in Lesvos. In 2015 in collaboration with the 3rd AegeanDoc workshop he directed his first documentary “At The Edge Of The Cape” and in 2017 his second, "Half Yard". In 2021 he graduated from the University of the Aegean with a masters degree in Culture and Documentary Film Production