Dimitri Eipides was born in Athens. He studied English Literature and
Theatre at the University of San Francisco, where he befriended the
Black Panthers, and Stage Direction at the American Academy of Dramatic
Arts in New York. He is also a graduate of the London School of Film.
In 1971, he founded the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma, of which
he was the director for fourteen years. In 1988, Eipides joined TIFF as
an International Programmer. From 1993 until 2005, he directed New
Horizons, the international parallel section of the Thessaloniki Film
Festival. In 1999, he founded the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival –
Images of the 21st Century, which he continues to organize to this day.
In 2005, he was named programme director of the International Film
Festival of Iceland (Reykjavík). Dimitri has introduced several major
international directors to Toronto audiences, including Béla Tarr,
Andrei Sokurov and Abbas Kiarostami. In April of 2003, he received an
honorary award in Tehran, recognizing his role in the international
promotion of Iranian cinema. He is a member of the European Film
Academy.