Aris Chatzistefanou

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Place of Birth Athens, Greece

Also Known As Άρης Χατζηστεφάνου

Aris Chatzistefanou

Biography

Aris Chatzistefanou (Greek: Άρης Χατζηστεφάνου) is a Greek journalist and filmmaker. Born in Athens, Chatzistefanou started his career as a journalist at Radio Skai 100.3, where in 2005 he began his own show Infowar, a big success on Greek radio. In April 2011, he released Debtocracy, a documentary co-directed by Katerina Kitidi about the Greek debt crisis, which, despite garnering almost a million viewers on YouTube, was not well received in the traditional media and caused the cancellation of Infowar and his dismissal. Having worked for the BBC World Service in London and Istanbul, Chatzistefanou has been writing articles for The Guardian since September 2011. In 2012, he co-directed another film with Kitidi, Catastroika. It focuses on the Greek economic system and features Naomi Klein and others. The film was released by the co-owned Infowar Productions. Aris Chatzistefanou co-founded the magazine Unfollow in January 2013.[9][10] In 2014, he directed Fascism Inc., a documentary that shows how industrialists and bankers supported fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, comparing it to the present situation.

Known For

Writer

2016
2014
Fascism Inc.

as Writer

2012
Catastroika

as Writer

2011
Debtocracy

as Writer

Director

2022
Last Journey

as Director

2019
2016
This Is Not a Coup

as Director

2014
Fascism Inc.

as Director

2012
Catastroika

as Director

2011
Debtocracy

as Director

Crew

2022
Last Journey

as Cinematography

2014
Fascism Inc.

as Cinematography

Producer

2014
Fascism Inc.

as Producer