Catherine  Maragoudaki  
Direction of Photography
Lighting




Studies
❖2018 Master degree in the Department of Theatre Studies (University of Cyprus).
❖1993 Certificate Of International Cinematographer’s Master class Australian Film, Television and
Radio School.
❖ 1990 Graduated from the Film School of  Lycourgos Stavrakos.
❖ 1989 Seminars run by RAI TV (Italy) on Photography Management.
❖ 1986 Graduated from the Department of Management Executives of the Chalkida TEI.
❖ English at Lower level.
❖ Founding Member of the Greek Film Academy (ÅÁÊ).
❖ Founding Member of the Greek Society of Cinematographers (GSC).
❖ Member of the Panhellenic Scientific Association of Theatrologists (PESYTH).
❖ 2018-2022 Technical Supervisor of the Milos International Theater Festival.
Professional Experience
She designed the lighting for more than five hundred and fifty theatrical, dance and musical
performances in Greece and abroad. At the same time she worked as a director of photography for many
feature and short films, TV series, documentaries, theatre videos and commercials. She undertook the
lighting design of the Closing Ceremony of the gymnastics at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Since
2005 she has been teaching at the Department of Photography Direction for Film and Television of the
New York College in Athens, and regularly gives lectures and seminars at university departments and
theater schools. She has received several awards including the London International Festival Award for
Best Director of Photography for the film Guilt, the Best Director of Photography Award for the TV
series The Slander of Blood at the Thessaloniki Film Festival and at the Alexandria International Film
Festival for the film Before the End of the World, at the Drama Short Film Festival, as well as four Athenorama Theatre Awards,  first photography award at the 2022 Chalkis Documentary Festival for
the documentary My granddad Papaflessas. At the NYCA 2023 New York festival she was award
finalist with the film Mother of the station.

She has also been officially nominated for the Best Cinematography Cannes World Film Festival and
Best Cinematography Tokyo Sensei Festival awards for the documentary Prespa Lakes: Two Drops in
a Waterworld. For the same documentary she was semi-finalist at the Lonely Wolf International Film
Festival of London. Furtherdown there is a more detailed description of the feature films and documentaries she created as a director of photography.

DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN FEATURE FILMS
2022 /ÁTHENS/CAPTAIN MICHALIS/COSTANTINOS CHARALAMBOUS/4Ê. Duration 1h20min
2018 /ATHENS/LUGER/COSTANTINOS CHARALAMBOUS/4Ê. Duration 1h20min
2008/ CYPRUS/GUILT/ VASILIS MAZOMENOS/ HD-35mm. Duration 1h33min
2003/ ÁTHENS/ LOVE AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN / COSTANTINOS CHARALAMBOUS – S16-35 mm Duration 1h42min
2002/ATHENS/SWEET DREAMS / P.PAGOULATOU – DIGITAL BETA 35 mm Duration 1h33min
1997/ATHENS/MY ABSOLUTE LONELINESS(MONAXIA MOU OLA)/ D.PANAYIOTATOU - S16 mm Duration 1h26min
1996/ÁTHENS/BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD/ P.MAROYLIS - 35 mm Duration 1h26min
1995/ATHENS/ THE HOURS,A SQUARED FILM– ANT.AGGELIDI - 35 mm Duration 1h20min

DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN DOCUMENTARIES
2022 THE MOTHER OF THE STATION /DIRECTION COSTOULA TOMADAKI 4K Duration 1h20min
2021 DOCTOR MARIA DELIVORIA THE MOTHER OF NEOGLOLOGY/DIRECTION ANTONIS KIRITSANIS 2K Duration1h47min
2021 MY GRANDFATHER PAPAFLESSAS /DIRECTION KLEONI FLESSA/ 4K Duration 1h10min
2020 PRESPA DROPS OF MEMORY /DIRECTION ANDRONIKI CHRISTAKI 4K Duration 52min
2012 / ULTIMATE SUBSTANCE / ART-FILM / ANJIA MARIE KIRSCHNER HD Duration 70min
2011/ NAKED HANDS D.MITROPOULOS / DIRECTION G.SKEVAS HD Duration 52min
2002/ INDIA THE DAYS – BOMBAY / DIRECTION CH.SOLOMOS S16 Duration 70min
2001/THE TAIL - Í. ÊÅSSANLIS / DIRECTION G PAPAKOSTANTINOU HD Duration 45min 
1998/THE CITY SONG/ DIRECTION C.KALAMBAKA 
1997/ATHENS/ ALEXANDREIA/CRETE/ THE COUNTESS OF VERENIKIÓ / DIRECTION:F.LAMPRINOU (FROM G.GRAMMATIKAKIS BOOK) HD Duration 29min
1996/ LYSIPPOS /DIRECTION N FRAGIAS HD Duration 57min
1995/M.ARFARAS THE VOYAGE/ DIRECTION: P.MOYRIKI HD Duration 23min
1993/ THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY OF ATHENS / DIRECTION: Ô. LYKOYRESIS - S16  .
1991/PSARA AN ISLAND IN EGEO/DIRECTION FEDRA OIKONOMOU S16 Duration 26min
1991/METAL WORKS /DIRECTION F.PAPADODIMA  (FOR PREMIERS OF SERIES OF IMA PRODUCTIONS OF FRANCE) S16 Duration 25min
 
DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN SHORT FILMS
Furtherdown you can see a description of some of the 60short films she has created

2019/ THE LINE /LOUCAS AGELASTOS/ 2Ê
2018/ EMILY IN ICELANDS/OLGA PAPAMICHAEL./ 2Ê
2017/ EUROPEAN CITIZEN/ NIKOS KAMPERIS/2Ê
2016/ ÍÉÍÁ / NIKOLETA PARASHI./HD.
2015/ 1500 PAINTINGS/ CHRISTOS XENOS/HD.
2012 / MEDEA / H.D-35mm/ CLEO FANOURAKI
2008 / THE AVENUE WHERE THE CATS DIE/Ó S 16mm- 35mm
SEVASTIANA ANAGNOSTOPOULOU.
2003 /CHAT/ N.FOUSESKI – S16 mm – 35 mm
2002/ COLD HOT / Óô. KAVADATOU – S16 mm – 35 mm
2001/DARK SPACES / Ê.MEGAPANOU – S16 mm
2000/ AIRSHAFT/ G.VESELME – 35 mm
ALLSOULSDAT / G.SKEVA- S16 mm
MONDAY / ST.KAVVADATOU – B/W 35 mm
1999/ THE EXIT OF MESOLOGGI/ AL.ARISTOPOULOU - 35 mm
WHO IS THIS / F.PAPADODIMA - 35 mm/
1998/LULLABY / Â. KALAMPAKA – 35 mm

(2024)




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