Panos Sambrakos

Biography:

Panos Sambrakos is the Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Greece and one of the most awarded creatives in the country, with multiple international awards at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIA, and the Webbys. Panos is a screenwriter and a pioneer in Branded Entertainment, having created several fiction films, series, and documentaries for brands, that have been popular with audiences and won a total of 8 Cannes Lions, including a Gold Lion in Glass: The Lion for Change in 2022, for Lacta's "Don't Ever Leave Me," a Silver Lion for the feature-length documentary “The Real Robokids” (2020) for Cosmote, a Gold and a Silver Lion for “From the Start” (2017) web series for Lacta, a Silver Lion for Lacta's TV movie “Love Like There’s No Tomorrow” (2016) as well as 2 Silver and 1 Bronze Lions for the theatrically released “Love In The End” (2013) for Lacta, that also won a Gold Clio. Panos was a jury member of the Entertainment Lions at Cannes Lions 2021 and has been a judge at the D&AD awards and the president of the Ermis Awards in Greece. He was also the founder of one of the most historic James Bond fan sites, Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!