Constantine Venetopoulos

Constantine Venetopoulos’ latest film is Draw With Me, a documentary short about a trans youth, Brendon Scholl, who uses their art as an important outlet while navigating life’s challenges. In addition to publishing two novels, Venetopoulos has directed films such as Man in the Attic, his feature debut which stars Emma Hepburn Ferrer and American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Luciana Paris, and A Stone Appears, a short film starring Bill Skarsgård. He is also the founder of Kuntaur Film Festival, a children’s film festival in West Africa, and the creative director of The Lamin Koto Super-School Prototype, which partnered with French artist JR’s Inside Out project in 2020. He lives in New York. (Picture by Paul Gerben.)

Talks

Coming Out: My Journey From the “Normal” Path to Draw with Me and Beyond

By Constantine Venetopoulos | February 4, 2021

Coming Out: My Journey From the “Normal” Path to Draw with Me and Beyond

Filmmaker Constantine Venetopoulos on his ongoing cinematic exploration of gender and identity, including his Oscar-contending new short film.