Agis Paikos
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Agis Paikos was born on the 24th of August in Nicosia, Cyprus, the son
of a barrister-at-law and a schoolteacher. As a child he worked on
various children's programs for the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
After high school and military service he moved to Paris, France, where
he studied drama at the prestigious Francois Florent Drama School and
later at the Andreas Voutsinas Theatre Workshop. He appeared in a few
plays, acting in English and in French. At the same time he enrolled at
the Sorbonne to study film directing. He directed a few shorts, shown
in Parisian cinematheques and then moved to the U.S., first to
California, then to New York City where he continued his education in
film and drama. In 1993 he returned to his native Cyprus and has been
working regularly in television, as well as occasionally directing for
the stage.
