
Sofia Vaso is a production designer, costume designer, and interior architect based in Athens, Greece. Her work in film has been showcased at international festivals including Visions du Réel, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Busan International Short Film Festival, Drama ISFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, and the European Film Awards. She has collaborated on international films, television series, and TV commercials. In 2024, she received the Best Art Direction Award from FICBUEU for the film Bella, directed by Thelyia Petraki.
Education
• Scenography & Costume Design in New York Acting Studio, Short Course, 2017
• Scenography & Costume Design in Laboratory Scenography, Short Course, 2017
• Scenography & Costume Design at Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos, 2016
• Ancient Drama : ‘ ’Influences and Contemporary Approaches’ ’, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Short Course, 2015
• The art of the Actor, + the Institute [ for Experiments Arts] , short Course, 2015
• Body & Art of Acting, + the Institute [ for Experiments Arts] , short Course, 2014
• Visual Arts, IADE Creative University of Lisbon, 2013
• Interior Architecture and Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Athens University of Applied Science, 2009 – 2015
feature films/ TV series
assistant art director – Drops of God (Apple TV series) – directed by Oded Ruskin, Avion Films, 2024
costume designer – Peeled skin – directed by Leonie Krippendorff, StudioBauhaus – Konstantinos Vassilaros, 2024
assistant set decorator – The Hermit (TV series) – directed by Lisa Mulcahy, faliro house, 2024
assistant art director – Malice (Amazon Prive Original series) – directed by Mike Barker, faliro house, 2024
action props – The Castaways (Paramaount TV series) – directed by Andy Tohill & Ryan Tohill, green olive films, 2023
costume designer – the hunt – directed by Christos Pitharas, art renegate, 2022
assistant set decorator – my big fat greek wedding 3 – directed by Nia Vardalos, Faliro house, 2022
supervisor crowd costume (daily) – greek salad (Amazon Prime Video TV series) – directed by Cedric Klapisch, Lola Doillon, Antoine Garceau, blonde productions, 2022
production & costume designer – guest star – directed by Vasilis Christofilakis, atmosphere people, 2021
set costumer – Smyrna – directed by Grigoris Karantinakis, tanweer productions, 2021
production designer – the big father – directed by Konstantinos Stragalinos, Giorgos Kaltsas, 2021
assistant costume designer – dodo – directed by Panos X. Koutras, 100% synthetic films, 2021
set decorator – tochter – directed by Nana Neul, Heretic Films, 2020
assistant costume designer – holy emy – directed by Aracely Laimos, studiobahaus, 2020
assistant costume designer – moon, 66 questions – directed by Jacqueline Lentzou, blonde Productions 2019
assistant art director & costume designer – frankenstein – directed by Costas Zappas, Grigoris Athanasiou, 2019
short films
art director & costume designer – the great organ – directed by Michalis Kimonas & Roxani Krimizi, Innerwave, 2024
art director & costume designer – last tropics – directed by Thanasis Trouboukis, Avion films, 2024
art director – black stone – directed by Smaragda Nitsopoulou, Piece of Cake, 2023
art director & costume designer – skeleton tree – directed by Haris Zalavras, Art Renegate, 2023
art director – hopepunk – directed by Vasiliki Lazaridou, Homemade films, Phaedra Vokali, 2023
art director & costume designer – planites – directed by Fili Olsefski, foss productions, 2023
art director & costume designer – mauve – directed by Tzo Kapralou, Tzo Kapralou, 2023
art director & costume designer – nameday – directed by Kostas Dimitriadis, lama pictures, 2023
art director – taming – directed by Neritan Zinxhiria, abfab productions, 2022
art director & costume designer – Sotiria – directed by Andreas Vakalios, Fili Olsefski, Andreas Vakalios – Fili Olsefski, 2022
art director & costume designer – to read them poems – directed by Alexis Hatzigiannis, art renegate, 2021
art director & costume designer – my name is Anti – directed by Andreas Vakalios, Fili Olsefski, Orestis Plakias, foss productions, 2021
assistant costume designer – brutalia, days of labour – directed by Manolis Mavris, avion films, Manto & myrto Stathi, 2021
assistant art director – yama – directed by Andreas Vakalios, Yiannis Karpouzis, 2020
art director & costume designer – lot’s wife – directed by Panagiotis Stergianos, 2019
assistant art director & costume designer – kiddo – directed by Michalis Kimonas, marni films, 2019
assistant art director & costume designer – escaping the fragile planet – directed by Thanasis Tsimpinis, marni films, 2019
art director – bella – directed by Thelyia Petraki, topspot, 2019
art director – chartis – directed by Pavlos Mavrikidis, 2018
art director & costume designer – check in – directed by Konstantinos Stragalinos, 2018
art director – waithood – directed by Louisiana Mees, 2018
art director & costume designer – chandelier – directed by Antonis Glaros, 2018
art director & costume designer – the afghan girl – directed by Iben Ravn, 2018
assistant art director – aria – directed by Myrsini Aristidou, topshot films, 2017
tvc / spot
art director – McDonald’s x Marseaux – directed by Andreas Chalikias & Nikolas Passaris – Feel Me Films, 2024
art director & styling – A new gender era – directed by Alexis Koukias – Pantelis, Maria Repousi, 2023
art director – corporate video – directed by Elisavet Pirounia, Polypan Group SA, 2023
art director – Samsung – directed by Panos Manolitsis, production house, 2023
art director – glo – directed by Panos Manolitsis, production house, 2023
assistant art director – deutsche telekom – directed by brthr, avion films, 2023
art director – bread factory – directed by Gevi Dimitrakopoulou, production house, 2022
styling – actionaid – directed by Vardis Marinakis, filmiki productions, 2022
styling – hungry not – directed by Gabriel Loukeris, enzyme, 2021
art director, styling – lawyer – directed by Maria Douza, steficon, 2021
styling – jumbo shrimps – directed by Manolis Mavris, avion films, 2021
assistant styling – cosmote – directed by Yorgos Zois, foss productions, 2020
theater performance
assistant costume designer – top girls – directed by Thomas Moschopoulos, theater Porta, 2019
assistant costume designer – 4 seasons of Vivaldi – directed by Patari Project, national opera of greece, 2019
assistant set designer – kerenia koukla – directed by Simos Kakkalas, national opera of greece, 2019
assistant set designer – ploutos – directed by Nikita Milivojevic, theatre of Epidaurus, 2018
assistant set & costume designer – agamemnon – directed by Tzezaris Graouzinis, theatre of Epidaurus, 2018
assistant set designer – buona sera – American School Community, 2018
set & costume designer – dear chekhov – directed by Irini Baritaki, faust theater, theater Alkmini, 2017
assistant set designer – the life of galileo – directed by Vaggelis Theodoropoulos, national theater of greece, 2015
assistant set & costume designer – liliom – directed by Thomas Moschopoulos, theater Porta, 2014
assistant set & costume designer – erofili – diected by Dimitris Adamis, theater simeio, 2014
exhibitions
• [OUT] TOP/AS : PERFORMANCE & PUBLIC / OUTDOOR SPACE at Benaki Museum, 2016
• ’ ’.. we knew we were writing history’ ’ In the Center of Mediterranean Architecture, Megalo Arseali, Chania, 2016
• An Experimental journey wi th videos and instal lation, starting from the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, gallery Atopos, 2016
• Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2015
• Masterclass teacher of Scenography in Film School , 2024
• Awarded by the FICBUEU for best art direction on the film “Bella” by Thelyia Petraki