Aris Chatzistefanou
Writing

Aris Chatzistefanou

Athens, Greece

Aris Chatzistefanou (Greek: Άρης Χατζηστεφάνου) is a Greek journalist and filmmaker. Born in Athens, Chatzistefanou started his career as a journalist at Radio Skai 100.3, where in 2005 he began his own show Infowar, a big success on Greek radio. In April 2011, he released Debtocracy, a documentary co-directed by Katerina Kitidi about the Greek debt crisis, which, despite garnering almost a million viewers on YouTube, was not well received in the traditional media and caused the cancellation of Infowar and his dismissal. Having worked for the BBC World Service in London and Istanbul, Chatzistefanou has been writing articles for The Guardian since September 2011. In 2012, he co-directed another film with Kitidi, Catastroika. It focuses on the Greek economic system and features Naomi Klein and others. The film was released by the co-owned Infowar Productions. Aris Chatzistefanou co-founded the magazine Unfollow in January 2013.[9][10] In 2014, he directed Fascism Inc., a documentary that shows how industrialists and bankers supported fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, comparing it to the present situation.

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Known for

Catastroika★ 6.6Viewing moment
Catastroika
2012
Debtocracy★ 6.3Viewing moment
Debtocracy
2011
This Is Not a Coup★ 8.3Viewing moment
This Is Not a Coup
2016
Fascism Inc.★ 5.8Viewing moment
Fascism Inc.
2014
Make the Economy Scream★ 5.7Viewing moment
Make the Economy Scream
2019
Τελευταίο ΤαξίδιViewing moment
Τελευταίο Ταξίδι
2022

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