Yannis Sakaridis

Yannis Sakaridis, a celebrated filmmaker, achieved international acclaim with his film “Amerika Square” (2016), winning numerous awards and representing Greece at the Academy Awards. His debut, “Wild Duck” (2013), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. 
Yannis has mentored and taught at various film schools and has served as the Artistic Director of Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF) from 2020 – 2025.

Yannis Sakaridis is a studio-level trailer editor with international campaign experience across major theatrical releases, prestige auteurs, and global marketing rollouts.

Cutting for Warner Bros., Pathé, Fortissimo, BBC and Tartan, he has delivered cinema trailers and international TV campaigns for directors including Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood, Richard Donner, Park Chan-wook, John Boorman, Neil Jordan and Taylor Hackford.

Selected Trailer Credits:

• Eyes Wide Shut – Dir. Stanley Kubrick – Cinema Trailer, Warner Bros. International
• Lethal Weapon 4 – Dir. Richard Donner – Cinema Trailer, Warner Bros.
• Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil – Dir. Clint Eastwood – Cinema Trailer & TV Spots, Warner Bros.
• The General – Dir. John Boorman – Cinema Trailer, Warner Bros.
• The Man Who Knew Too Little – Dir. Jon Amiel – Cinema Trailer, Warner Bros.
• Resident Evil – Dir. Paul W. S. Anderson – International TV Campaign, Pathé
• Lady Vengeance – Dir. Park Chan-wook – Cinema Trailer, Metrodome Tartan
• The Devil’s Advocate – Dir. Taylor Hackford – TV Spots, Warner Bros.
• The Butcher Boy – Dir. Neil Jordan – TV Spots, Warner Bros.
• FairyTale: A True Story – Dir. Charles Sturridge – TV Spots, Warner Bros.
• 16 Years of Alcohol – Dir. Richard Jobson – Cinema Trailer, Fortissimo
• Tube Tales – Cinema Trailer, Icon
• Hamilton Mattress – BBC TV Trailer

Sakaridis works at the intersection of narrative compression and emotional impact, shaping theatrical campaigns that deliver tone within seconds and tension within frames. His background in long-form fiction informs his trailer work with character awareness and structural intelligence, while his studio experience ensures pace, clarity and global audience calibration.

He cuts for cinema. He cuts for broadcast. He cuts for impact.