Andreas Jacques Varsakopoulos (, born 14 August 1990) is a
Greek
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American who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea as a director, producer, and actor.
He was born to a Greek father and an
American mother. He is one of very few foreign directors/producers working in the Korean entertainment industry.
Professional life
Varsakopoulos has
dual citizenship
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in the
United States
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and
Greece
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.
He attended the
University of Vermont
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for his undergraduate degree, and
University of Massachusetts Boston
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for his master's degree. In the summer of 2012 he moved to South Korea. During his time in Korea he began learning Korean through friends, co-workers and self-study. In the summer of 2015 he first appeared on the television program
Non-Summit
''Non-Summit'' (), also known as ''Abnormal Summit'', is a South Korean television program on JTBC which first aired on July 7, 2014. The show features a panel of non-Korean men, living in South Korea, who debate on various topics and "Korean cu ...
as the Greek representative.
Following that show, he moved toward music video and commercial production. He has worked on several music videos with A-list Korean celebrities.
In 2022, he filmed ''"CAGE",'' a short film that received acclaim from critics and received awards from several film festivals including ''Tokyo Film Awards, Thessaloniki Short Film Festival,'' and ''Buncheon Fantastic Film Festival.''
Varsakopoulos continues to direct and produce content in Korea and abroad.
Filmography
Short films
Music videos
Television series
Commercials
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Greek television personalities
Greek schoolteachers
American television personalities
Schoolteachers from Massachusetts
Greek expatriates in South Korea
Greek people of American descent
University of Vermont alumni
University of Massachusetts Boston alumni
21st-century Greek educators
21st-century American educators
People from Giannitsa