Athens-born Panos H. Koutras studied at the London Film School and the Sorbonne. Amid his frequent trips between London and Paris, he made several short films which toured the world’s film festivals. In 1995 he founded the 100% Synthetic Films production company in Athens and began writing his first feature film, "The Attack of the Giant Moussaka", which went on to achieve cult status. "After Real Life" and "Strella", presented in Toronto and Berlin respectively, his fourth film "Xenia", – an energetic contemporary odyssey and flamboyant ode to everlasting love, was selected for Un Certain Regard in 2014.

Born in Athens, Panos H. Koutras studied filmmaking at the London Film School and at the Sorbonne in Paris. From 1985 to 1995, he kept going back and forth between both cities and made several short films screened in festivals throughout the world. In 1995, he founded in Athens his own production company, 100% Synthetic Films, and started writing his first feature film, THE ATTACK OF THE GIANT MOUSSAKA, an “unidentified filmic object” released 4 years later, quickly achieving cult status. He made a complete turnaround with his second film, REAL LIFE, a drama which premiered at the Toronto IFF and won the National Critics Award in Greece in 2004. His third film, STRELLA, was selected in the Panorama section of the 2009 Berlin FF and in many other international festivals. XENIA (2014) is his fourth feature film selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes IFF.