Constantinos Isaias

Constantinos Isaias (born 29 March 1984 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Cypriot film director, writer, editor, and actor. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Early career
At the age of 16 Isaias began working as an assistant director at Theatro Ena in the play Who Discovered America? The next season he worked at the same theater as an actor in the theater version of A Clockwork Orange.
A year later he moved to Athens and began a career as a television actor. He appeared on shows including Safe Sex, Stories from the Opposite Bank, and Medical Privacy. He performed in the successful production of the comedy, Hamlet II by Sam Bobrick, which ran for four consecutive seasons.
He acted in the movie El Greco (2007), a joint Greek & Spanish production, a biography of the life of the painter El Greco.
In 2008, he was hired as assistant director on the TV show There are Men and Men. He was then offered another job for two seasons as assistant director for the production of the TV series Lakis the Cute.
Short films
In 2009 he moved to Los Angeles and directed several short films, including As A Last Resort.
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
For the closing ceremony of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2010,<ref name=greekreporter /> he directed and edited a montage of excerpts from films scored by Greek composers such as Serpico by Mikis Theodorakis, Never on Sunday by Manos Hatzidakis, and Stella by Michael Cacoyannis.
Water
Isaias was an associate producer of the play Water, which ran at the Hollywood theater "The Lounge" for 6 weeks in 2010. He directed and edited a commercial for the play, and directed and edited a 10 minute film sequence shown during performances of the play.
Sacred Whispers
Isaias wrote, directed, edited, and produced the short film Sacred Whispers (2011),<ref name=greekreporter /> which is about racism, discrimination,the non-acceptance of differences, and how, due to someone's upbringing, religion, family and environment a person can be transformed into a racist.
In February 2012, CNN featured Sacred Whispers<ref name=greekreporter /> as part of Black History Month. Isaias was interviewed by journalist Ron Roberson about the concept and the content of his film.
Alexia Vassiliou
In Sacred Whispers, Isaias collaborated with singer/composer/lyricist Alexia Vassiliou.<ref name=greekreporter /> Vassiliou was one of the lead actresses; she also composed the score and sang. Performance Street, her production company, released the soundtrack of Sacred Whispers worldwide. Isaias was the production manager for the CD and organized the release of the album.
Vassiliou then hired Isaias to organize the release of two singles, "Cypriot" (The RemiXes) and "Must Save The Day," the latter of which was the main song from Sacred Whispers and on her album Re-bE.<ref name=greekreporter /> Isaias also directed and edited the music video of "Must Save The Day" using excerpts from the film.
Isaias directed and edited Vassiliou's electronic press kit.<ref name=greekreporter /> He worked directly with the artist to capture her 30-year span recording career, edited over 300 hours of video and audio performances, produced the voice over, and prepared and orchestrated the international launch worldwide.
==="Never Again" Peace Concert===
In 2011, "Artists for Peace" organized the "Never Again" Peace Concert, featuring Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Eric Benét, Bobby Brown, and Pras. The concert took place at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City. Isaias, hired by Performance Street, filmed the concert and shot red carpet interviews for Greek and Cyprus TV.
Filmography
Director
* The Mistress (2009)
* The Vengeance (2009)
* Life is a Game (2010)
* As a Last Resort (2010)
* Sacred Whispers (2011)
* Must Save The Day (2012) (Music video)
Actor
* Safe Sex (2008) (TV)
* El Greco (2007)
* Stories from the Opposite Bank (2008) (TV)
* Loafing and Camouflage (2008) (TV)
* If there Will be a Divided (2008) (TV)
* Medical Privacy (2009) (TV)
* Lakis the Cute (2010) (TV)

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