He was born in Dilofo, Fthiotida. He studied to be an Electrical-Mechanical
Engineer at the Technical High School (Company of Handicraft Studies).
He started working in the film industry as a director of photography,
initially at Finos Film, and subsequently built an international career. He
collaborated with many directors, including Theodoros Angelopoulos, Pantelis
Voulgaris, Tonia Marketaki, Michael Kakoyannis, Jules Dassin, Stavros Tsiolis,
Volker Schlöndorff, Agnieszka Holland, the Dardenne brothers, Catherine
Breillat, Marco Bellocchio, and Marco Ferreri. He has received numerous awards
in Greece and abroad.
From 2015 to 2020, he served as the president of the board of directors for
the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Recently, he was awarded an
honorary doctorate in photography from the University of West Attica.