Elia Petridis (born in Paris, France)[1] is a Lebanese-Greek film director and screenwriter, known for The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez,[2] and for his work in transmedia and virtual reality production.
[6][7] Petridis made his professional screenwriting and directorial debut with the award-winning 2006 film How Henri Came To Stay.
[9] In 2012, he wrote and directed the film The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez, which starred Ernest Borgnine in his final on-screen performance before his death and June Squibb.
[15] In 2016, Petridis directed the music video The Lost Sky for American singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop which received over 125,000 views on YouTube.
[26] In 2017, he founded Fever Content, the transmedia production sister company to Filmatics, in collaboration with producing partner Craig Bernard.