Christos Nikou

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1984-01-01 (40 years old)

Place of Birth Athens, Greece

Also Known As Христос Нику

Christos Nikou

Biography

Christos Nikou (born 1984; Athens) is a Greek film director and screenwriter. His short film Km (2012) participated in over 40 international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Stockholm, Palm Springs, Sydney, Tallinn Black Nights, and Interfilm Berlin. It won him the Best Short Film Prize at the Motovun Film Festival of Croatia. For the past ten years, he has worked as an assistant director on the feature films Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos) and Before Midnight (Richard Linklater), as well as 4 Black Suits, Nobody, Christmas Tango, A Greek Type of Problem, 7 Kinds of Wrath, and Approach. His first feature film with him in the directing seat was Apples (2020).

Known For

Director

2023
Fingernails

as Director

2021
Apples

as Director

2019
Approach

as First Assistant Director

2014
7 Kinds of Wrath

as First Assistant Director

2014
Maasai

as Assistant Director

2013
A Greek Type of Problem

as Assistant Director

2013
Before Midnight

as Assistant Director

2012
km

as Director

2011
Nobody

as Second Assistant Director

2011
The Christmas Tango

as First Assistant Director

2010
4 Black Suits

as Second Assistant Director

2009
Dogtooth

as Second Assistant Director

2009
Dogtooth

as Script Supervisor

2008
Metaxourgeio

as Director

Producer

2023
Fingernails

as Producer

2021
Apples

as Producer

2013
Before Midnight

as Extras Casting

Writer

2023
Fingernails

as Writer

2021
Apples

as Writer

2012
km

as Writer

Camera

2008
Metaxourgeio

as Director of Photography

Sound

2008
Metaxourgeio

as Sound

Actor

2020
Inseparable

as Himself