Tsimaras TZANATOS was born and raised in Athens, where he currently lives.

He studied cinema at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School, theatre at the Athens Drama School, and History of Art at Vakalo Art and Design College.

He started working as an actor in theatre, in television and in cinema alongside with prominent names in the industry.

At the same time he worked as a radio producer in radio stations in Athens and as a journalist in very successful magazines and press.

He started writing scenarios and poetry and he works as a Chief Editor and as a writer in various tv programs.

Within the past years he is collaborating with the DameBlanche Theatre and Dance Company writing theatre pieces such as “Exodus” (a piece in Dream Odyssey (National Theatre of Northern Greece) and “Never Together” (based on Fatih Akin’s Head on, at Kinitiras Studio) and the unpublished plays “Abeyance” and “How many animals a man is consistent of!”