Nikos Perakis was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1944 of Greek parents.
He studied costume and stage design at the Munich Fine Arts Academy, 1962-66, and worked as set designer in minor theatrical and TV productions. After his military service, 1966-69, in the “Armed Forces Television” unit, he re-emigrated and worked as set, costume, and production designer for many notable productions in Germany and later in Greece.
In 1971 he started writing, directing and producing his own films, first in Germany and then in Greece, where he decided to settle in 2000.
FILMS AS WRITER, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER:
1971 Das Goldene Ding (co-writer, co-director)
1972 Die Wohngenossin
1976 Bomber und Paganini
1979 Milo Milo
1982 Arpa Colla
1984 Loafing and Camouflage
1987 Living Dangerously
1997 Paterfamilias
1999 Female Company
2001 The Bubble
2002 Liza and All the Others (director)
2005 Sirens in the Aegean
2007 Cool
2010 Artherapy
2011 Sirens on the Rocks
2017 Success Story
TV PRODUCTIONS AS WRITER< DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER:
1994 Polis-The Birth of Democracy (Docu-fiction) for Bavarian Television
2004 Schedon Pote (Hardly Ever), 11 Episodes for ΝΕΤ
2006 Loafing and Camouflage, 6 of 46 episodes as writer, director and producer for NET (New Hellenic Television)
FILMS< AS SET AND PRODUCTION DESIGNER (SELECTION):
1972 Strohfeuer (Afree Woman) – Volker Schlöndorff
1974 Lina Braake – Bernhard Sinkel
1974 Die Verrohung des Franz Blum – Reinhard Hauff
1975 Berlinger – Bernhard Sinkel, Alf Brustellin
1978 Taugenichts – Bernhard Sinkel
1979 Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) – Volker Schlöndorff)
1981 I apenanti (Foolish Love) – Yiorgos Panousopoulos
1981 Engel aus Eisen (Angels of Iron) – Thomas Brasch
1982 Der Mann auf der Mauer – Reinhard Hauff
1983 Xafnikos Erotas (Sudden Love) – Yiorgos Tsemberopoulos
1985 Mania – Yiorgos Panousopoulos
1987 Des Teufels Paradies (The Devil’s Paradise) – Vadim Glowna
1990 Homo Faber (The Voyager) – Volker Schlöndorff
1991 Zwei Frauen (Silence like Glass) – Carl Schenkel