Minos Papas

Minos Papas is a Greek-Cypriot film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer. He is based in Los Angeles, and heads the production company Cyprian Films, New York.

Early life and education Papas was born in London and raised in Cyprus. During his military service in Cyprus, he was the army's official cameraman. and then in 1999, he moved to New York City, earning a bachelor's degree from the School of Visual Arts in 2004.

Career Papas's debut feature film was the 2009 film Shutterbug, on which he served as writer, director, producer, and editor. Filmed in New York City and starring Nando Del Castillo as a photographer with damaged vision, it was inspired by Dante's Inferno and Greek mythology. The film was an extension of Papas's thesis short film Kalipolis. His short film Tango on the Balcony, about a US military veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, His second feature film as director, 2015's Behind the Mirror, was written by Nicholas Sampson and filmed in upstate New York.

Papas produced and served as cinematographer on the short film Take Me Home, which was directed by his wife Liz Sargent and premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. In 2024, it was announced that Take Me Home would be adapted into a feature film of the same name, to be written and directed by Sargent, with Papas producing. The feature premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Papas's folk horror feature film Motherwitch, which he wrote, directed and produced, premiered at the 2026 International Film Festival Rotterdam. It is based on the Cypriot folklore of the Kallikantzaros, He also shot the features Fatal Promises (directed by Kat Rohrer, 2009) and 79 Parts (directed by Ari Taub, 2016), Lisanne Skyler's documentary short film Brillo Box (3 ¢ Off) (2016), and was a camera operator on Martin Scorsese's documentary The 50 Year Argument'' (2014). He is a two-time New York Emmy Award winner.

Personal life Papas is married to filmmaker Liz Sargent. His Cypriot father, Michael Papas, is also a filmmaker, and his British mother, Susan Papas, is a film producer. After more than 20 years in New York City, Papas relocated to Los Angeles in 2024.

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