Tony Asimakopoulos
Tony Asimakopoulos is a director and editor currently based in Montreal. Tony studied film at Concordia University and made the award-winning shorts Jimmy Fingers (1991) and Mama’s Boy (1992), which played the Toronto International Film Festival as well as Montreal, Locarno, Götburg & Melbourne. After recovering from a severe drug problem and depression, he was featured in the documentary Confessions of a Rabid Dog, by fellow recovering addict John L’Ecuyer, then worked to develop a groundbreaking video-apprenticeship program for youth-at-risk in Ottawa. Returning to film & television work, he wrote & directed the dramatic feature Horsie’s Retreat (2004) at the Canadian Film Centre, and the docudrama series Canadian Casefiles (2005/2006) for Global Television. His work as an editor includes Family Motel (2007), and the feature doc Rip! A Remix Manifesto (2008). In 2012, he directed his first feature film A Fortunate Son produced by EyeSteelFilm.
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Fortunate Son
_Fortunate Son_ is an autobiographical documentary by the son of Greek immigrants living in Canada. After overcoming a severe drug problem, and motivated by a search for happiness with his new fiancee, filmmaker Tony Asimakopoulos turns his gaze on his complicated, painful relationship with his overbearing mother and ailing father, and the patterns of dysfunction they share. A film about faith...
Fortunate Son
_Fortunate Son_ is an autobiographical documentary by the son of Greek immigrants living in Canada. After overcoming a severe drug problem, and motivated by a search for happiness with his new fiancee, filmmaker Tony Asimakopoulos turns his gaze on his complicated, painful relationship with his overbearing mother and ailing father, and the patterns of dysfunction they share. A film about faith...
