Bio

Alexandros Maragos has been involved in films, documentaries, ads and tv projects in various capacities. He has worked from various positions in projects aired on all major GR broadcasters as well as in various production companies and studios including Warner Bros. and Mob Scene. As a Cinematographer his credits include the feature documentary Balkan Spirit directed by Hermann Vaske, featuring Angelina Jolie, Marina Abramovic, Goran Bregovic, Emir Kusturica, Isabelle Huppert, Anamaria Marinca, Slavoj Zizek and 300: Rise of an Empire where he was among the cinematographers of the 11-part documentary series on the blu-ray/dvd release. As a Director his credits include the 2014 short Phedon Papamichael: A Life Behind The Lens about the career of the Oscar-nominated Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael, the non-narrative City of Athens - A Portrait of a Changing Metropolis and more.

In 2020, Maragos directed the Audiovisual Launch Event of the New Lighting of the Acropolis. The contribution and implementation of the project was done by the Onassis Foundation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and Emmy Award-winning lighting designer Eleftheria Deko.

Photography

Alex is known for his urban, nature & landscape photography, night photography and timelapse work. In addition to having been featured by important international organizations and publications including NASA and National Geographic, Alex's photography and timelapse imagery has been used by various brands around the world.

In 2011, BBC's monthly documentary series on astronomy The Sky at Night aired his astrophotography work and in the same year, the science centre International Centre for Life in the UK included his timelapse imagery on the digital show "On the Shoulders of Giants".

In 2015, Alex was one of the 20 artists from around the world who were invited to participate in the Mosaic of Change Live Architectural Projection Experience show in Paris, France in celebration of UNESCO's 70th anniversary. A first-of-its-kind large scale projection show canvassing the exterior facades of UNESCO's iconic headquarters. Alex's timelapse work, edited with the voice of French historian and intellectual Alain Daniélou was projected onto UNESCO's headquarters' buildings by the San Francisco-based creative studio Obscura Digital.

In 2018, Alex released online for free the short film City of Athens - A Portrait of a Changing Metropolis. The film received widespread acclaim and it was praised for its visuals. It received a large response upon release, receiving over 500,000 combined views on Vimeo, YouTube and Facebook. Excerpts of the film aired by all major broadcasters in Greece as well as by networks in UK, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal and more. For the film Alex received the Pangea Prize at the acclaimed Siena International Photography Awards in Italy in the Short Documentary Film category. He has also received honors at the Sony World Photography Awards, the International Earth & Sky Photo Contest & more.