Giorgos Korras was born in Derveni, in 1948. He studied Greek Literature and History at the University of Athens, and Cinema at the Stavrakos School. He worked as a critic in newspapers and magazines, as a screenwriter and director and as a radio producer. He edited several films. The book Mirupafsim means a happy reunion, written in collaboration with Christos Voupouras, has been published by the Estia Bookstore. For the last 25 years, he has taught Cinema Aesthetics in private schools, as well as at the Department of Cinema of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He recently published a theoretical and historical book on the expressive means of cinema, entitled The Taste of Cinema.
