Giorgos Georgopoulos was born on February 12, 1975. He studied directing at the School of Cinematography and Television Lykourgou Stavrakou. His father was also into cinema (Director of Photography for many classic Greek films) and his choice to also get in the industry was greatly influenced by that. Later on, he studied Social Science in Rome (Universita Roma I: La Sapienza). Upon his return to Greece he worked as a film editor and soon thereafter as a director, mainly of TV commercials and documentary films. Tungsten is his first full-length film.