Description
Theofanis Matsopoulos specializes in Planetarium Film Production, FullDome Cinematography, Giant Screen Documentary Production, Visual Science Communication, 3D animation and Astrophotography. He collaborates with world-famous scientific organizations as European Southern Observatory (ESO), European Space Agency (ESA) and the US National Science Foundation NSF – Noirlab.
He has created and directed documentaries for planetariums which are presented all over the world and have been translated into more than 30 languages. The documentaries “From Earth To The Universe”, the award-winning “The Hot and Energetic Universe”, “The Sun: Our Living Star”, “Unveiling the invisible Universe” as well as more than 700 video clips, time-lapses, and 3D animations are available on the websites of the European Southern Observatory, ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope and NSF’s NoirLab.
He photographs nightscapes, astronomical phenomena and celestial deep sky objects using various telescopes in his private astronomical observatory in Epirus.
He has presented four photography – astrophotography exhibitions titled: “The Greece of Stars”, “Between Heaven and Earth”, “National Observatory of Athens”, “Ancient Corinth”, in Athens (Eugenides Planetarium, National Observatory of Athens), Ioannina (Historical Archive Museum of Epirus), Corinth (Archaeological Museum of Nemea, Municipal Art Gallery of Corinth, Public Theater of Corinth) and other cities and islands in Greece.
He also collaborates with the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) producing documentaries for the Visitor Center and taking astronomical images using its scientific instruments.
Theofanis Matsopoulos is Audiovisual Ambassador of NSF-Noirlab and a member of International Planetarium Society.
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