Since 1986 when I made my student film, I was looking for opportunities to create moving images using photography or video.
I made music videos mainly for friends' bands and I also worked on friends' projects in various tasks (concept, second camera, production and co direction).
Eyes with masks
Portraits of the few people that I was able to interact with during the first quarantine: friends, relatives, collaborators, clients and people that worked in stores. Shot between December 2020 and April 2021 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Music by Kostis Makriyiannakis.
Maouna: Untitled Lakes
Music video for the band Maouna. Shot during the first quarantine around the lakes of Volvi and Koronia.
Maouna: No
Music video for the band Maouna. Footage by Antonis Tsoukas, shot on 8mm film in the early 1960's in France.
Maouna: at home
Music video for the band Maouna. During the first quarantine, each band member recorded his everyday life at home using their phones.
Nanoi: Sylvia
Music video for the band Nanoi. A small camera was mounted on a miniature wooden boat. A journey through domestic and natural landscapes.
Nanoi: Voice in a Cage
Music video for the band Nanoi. Shot mostly in the studio, a close up look on found objects and strange artifacts.
Nanoi: Nanophonic 1 promo
Promo video announcing the first "Nanophonic", an improvisational side project of the band Nanoi at Protos Orofos.
Nanoi: Nanophonic 3 promo
Promo video announcing the third "Nanophonic", an improvisational side project of the band Nanoi at Viotehnia.
Nanoi: Five Boxes promo
Promo video announcing "Five Boxes", Nanoi's third album. Photos by Stratos Kalafatis.
Nanoi: Ypogeio promo
Promo video announcing Nanoi's performance at Ypogeio, their last one.
Nanoi: Another Day
Music video for the band Nanoi.
Directed and edited by Yiannis Valtis and Vassilis Kehagias, written by Yiannis Valtis, photographed by Dimitris Stabolis.
I took care of location scouting, casting and production.
Trypes: Edo
Music video for the band Trypes. Shot in Epanomi with Anthimos Kalpatzidis and Petros Mitkas.
Concept: Simos Saltiel, Yiannis Agelakas, Camera: Triantafyllos, Anthimos Kalpatzidis and Petros Mitkas, Final U-matic editing: Yiannis Tselikas
Trypes: Akouo tin agapi
Music video for the band Trypes. I came up with the concept and cowrote the script with Yiannis Agelakas. Directed and edited by Christos Nikoleris, photographed by Dimitris Stabolis, produced by N-Orasis.
Vista
This is my one and only 16mm short film. Shot in Brooklyn in 1986 with the help of my classmates from the New School for Social Research Film Department.
Directed by Simos Saltiel, Photography: Simos Saltiel and Tricia Hamman, Assistant Director: Tricia Hamman, Sound: Leslie Weimar, Alexis Kraft, Original Soundtrack Composed and Performed by Michael Burchill.
Cast: John Gunderson, Rebecca Pratt, Ellen M.
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