Thanassis Totsikas was born in Athens, Greece in 1981. In 2001, he graduated the Stavrakos Film School as a Director. In 2005, he wrote and directed the short film "EXIT", which was widely accepted in Festivals around the world (46th Thessaloniki IFF State Awards / Clermont-Ferrand ISFF / MOMA, N.Y, USA / 25th Uppsala IFF).