Konstantinos Koutsoliotas is a London based director and freelance artist specializing in visuals for film, music video and TV.
As a director he recently completed the music video "Skiahtro" for the cult hip-hop group "Active Member" in Athens and he is currently in pre production on his first feature length film "The Winter" to be shot on location in Greece and the United Kingdom. Previously he directed videos for the "A Train" and "The Alps" amongst others.
In VFX, he has won the British Animation Awards 2010, best animation category and the Annecy 2009 for Flogging Molly's animated music video "Float", produced in collaboration with directors Karni + Saul. The same team earlier produced the visuals for Turin Brakes video “Something in my eye”.
He has just finished a contract with Rushes in Soho working on commercials for Saatchi and Saatchi, Sky HD, and a documentary for the BBC. Previously he worked on visual effect and compositing on Rob Marshall's film "Nine" for the Bluff Hampton company. Also worked on Mat Whitecross's latest film “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” for Lipsync Productions. Earlier in the same year he completed contracts for the Mill in the latest Ford Kinetic commercial and for the Bank in their Grolsch beer campaign.
Client list includes Rushes, Saatchi and Saatchi, Sky HD, The Mill London, The Bank, The Bluff Hampton company, Lipsync Productions, Zoo vfx, BBC, ITV, Weilands, Duke TV, Steam UK, Leit-work, Ozumi films, Pixelmolkerei in Switzerland, the Wrong Alfredo films in Italy, a couple of years tour of duty at Liquid TV creating visuals for many award winning broadcast and documentary titles (including the National Lottery campaign and the BAFTA awarded BBC “Restoration”), a collaboration with the WETA Workshop (NZ) and Archangel Studios (LA) in the concept design for the Eisner awarded “Red Star”, “Shadowplay” design, in collaboration with Elizabeth Schuch, for the Melies d'Argent nominated “Gamerz”, product visualization for Suzuki USA / EON Reality and the X prize participants ARCA space technologies, extended visualization for the Digital Design Studio of the Glasgow School of Art, the Glasgow university, the Royal College of Surgeons and others.
With a background in fine art and architectural history, Konstantinos graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with an Mphil in 3d animation. His final thesis short film “Celephais” was nominated by the GSA for a Scottish BAFTA award.
He enjoys all things Byron, E.A. Poe and H.P. Lovecraft.