Stefi Pantavou is a Greek-Italian Set designer, Art director and Architect. She graduated in December 2015 and received an MSc in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy.
She has worked as a junior architect in Italy, Greece and Spain and shortly after graduating she started collaborating with the set and costume designer Clio Boboti on different theatre practices in Athens. Among them she worked for the National Theatre of Greece and the Athens and Epidaurus Festival contributing in the set and costume design.
In 2017 she joined Trinity College Dublin where she developed her studies in drama and she obtained an Mfa in Set and Costume Design from the Lir Academy, the National Academy of Dramatic Art of Ireland.
Between August - September 2018 she did her placement with the Set and Costume Department of the Gate Theatre in Dublin for the production of Hamlet, designed by Susan Hilferty and directed by Yaël Farber.
During October and November 2019 she worked with the Production Manager of the Gate Theatre for Gatsby, designed by Ciaran Bagnall and directed by Alexander Wright.
Moreover she assisted the designer Sarah Bacon for the production of The Children and Beginning that was produced in the new season 2019 of the Gate Theatre in Dublin.
In April 2019 she moved back to Athens and worked with the designer Clio Boboti for the production of Nefeles for the Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2019.
Recently she designed the set for the play The Happiest of the Three (O τρίτος είναι πιο γλυκός), directed by Adonis Galeos and Macbeth -Ο κύκλος του Σταίματος directed by Dimitris Milonas.
Between September 2020 and July 2021 she worked for the costume department of the films the Lost Daughter and the Greek Freak.
The last three years she is been working as an Art director in films, short films, tv series and commercials.
Professional Experience:
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Art director assistant for the film Sacrifice directed by Romain Gavras, Production designer Arnaud Roth, Athens August -December 2024
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Production designer assistant for the Netflix series The Girl from Oslo season 2, Athens February - May 2024
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Art director assistant for the Tvc Melissa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-RpnKkDVP8
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Art director for the Digital commercial for Durex - Όλα σε(ξ) θυμίζουν.
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Art director for the Tvc HRWN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8jdH0LoM6o
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Assistant Art director for the Swedish film Sisters directed & written by Lisa Brühlmann, production designer Peter Scherz, art director Danai Elefsionioti, Crete & Zürich September-November 2023.
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Art director for the Tvc of Mollers, July 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxsgk31ssM
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Art director for the French film The Child Who Measured the World directed by Takis Candilis, production designer Aliki Kouvaka, Spetses March-June 2023.
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Αssistant Art director for the Tvc EKEI by Germanos, HRWN Generous, PFG - Celebrating a life,
January - March 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW-nP_jty_M
https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/34676631/celebrating-a-life/pfg
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Set Designer Technician for the dance performance Larsen C choreographed by Christos Papadopoulos, Onassis Foundation, Greece 2022
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Assistant Art director for the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, May-August 2022, Athens & Corfu, Greece
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Art director & Costume designer for the music video of My Own Treehouse - 184 , April 2022, Athens, Greece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuNek_bCJBc
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Assistant art director for the TV series Storgi, produced by Acun Medya, January-April 2022, Athens, Greece
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Production designer for the short film Homo Perfectus written and directed by Alki Politi, November - December 2021, Athens, Greece (selection of DISFF 2022)
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Set Designer and construction for the play Macbeth Ο κύκλος του Σταίματος, directed by Dimitris Mylonas for the Apomixanis Theatro 2021-2022, Athens, Greece.
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Art director assistant for the short film If I tell you my memories, October- November 2021, Athens, Greece
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Art director for the short film Arizones written and directed by Giorgos Iliopoulos in collaboration with Alkisti Mamali, September - October 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece. (selection of DISFF 2023)
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Background Costumer for the film Rise costume designed by Mobolaji Dawodu and directed by Akin Omotoso, April 2021-July 2021, Athens, Greece.
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Part time Architect for the firm Studio 265 in Athens, November 2019-April 2021
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Wardrobe Assistant for the film The Lost Daughter directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, September-October 2020 Spetses, Greece.
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Set Design and props making for the play The Happiest of the Three (Ο τρίτος είναι πιο γλυκός), directed by Adonis Galeos for the Theatre Metaxurgeio, November 2019.
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Set Designer Assistant for Nefeles directed by Dimitris Karatzas, Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2019, June - September 2019.
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Set Designer Assistant for Η τραγική ιστορία του Άμλετ, ενός πρίγκιπα της Δανίας directed by Ektoras Lygizos, Theatre of Neos Kosmos 2019.
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Set Designer Assistant for The Children and Beginning, Gate Theatre 2019 Dublin.
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Professional work with the Costume Department of Aida, designed by Joe Vanek and performed by the Irish National Opera, Bord Gais Theatre Dublin 2018.
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Collaboration with the Set Department of the Gate Theatre for the production of Gatsby, designed by Ciaran Bagnall and directed by Alexander Wright
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Set Designer for Everything Can Be Dismantled, Dublin Fringe Festival 2018 https://www.thereviewshub.com/dublin-fringe-festival-everything-can-be-dismantled-the-lir-dublin/
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Internship with the Set and Costume Department of the Gate Theatre for Hamlet, Dublin Theatre Festival 2018 https://dublintheatrefestival.com/Online/Hamlet_2018
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Costume Designer for Good Intentions by The Lir Graduates, for the Electric Picnic Festival 2018
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Set and Costume Designer for Demons, The Lir Academy Gradfest 2018
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Costume Designer for The Handover, The Lir Academy 2018
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Set and Costume Designer Assistant for Merrily We Roll Along, The Lir Academy 2018
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Set Designer and Direction for For Loneliness, The Lir Academy 2017
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Set and Costume Designer Assistant for The Bacchae, Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2017 http://www.ert.gr/radiotileorasi/politismos-radiotileorasi/technes-radiotileorasi/vakches-tou-evripidi-sto-irodio/
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Set Designer Assistant for The Twelfth Night, National Theatre of Greece 2016 https://www.n-t.gr/el/events/repertory/dodekatinyhta
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Set Designer Assistant for Sygruomena, Theatre of Neos Kosmos 2015http://nkt.gr/play/170/sygkroyomena/