Thanassis Rentzis was born on 29 March 1947 in Egion of Achaia, Greece. 　　He started his first cycle of studies in film direction at the age of 16 at the Athens School of Theater - Cinema. In 1968 he established with Fotis Karamitsos, Stavros Poulakis and Thanassis Kastaniotis the interdisciplinary study group 'Government, New Media & Cinema'. 　　In the beginning of 1970 he establis...