Giannis Bletas was born and raised in Kozani, Greece. He is living in Rethymno. He studied Greek Literature at the Department of Philology / University of Crete, as well as Acting at the Greek Art Theatre ‘Karolos Koun’ (Theatro Technis). He attended directing workshops at London Film School in London. .In early 2019 he created his own production company called “Ble productions”. In 2020 he finished his first feature documentary film called “Rigors”, which selected at “Andromeda Film Festival” in Instanbul and in BCT - Festival Nazionale del Cinema e della Televisione di Benevento. At the end of 2020 he completed a short documentary “How to train an antihero”, in cooperation with the Assosiation Friends and Gardians with Autism in Rethymno and the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Region of Crete and was premiered in September of 2021 at Drama International Film Festival, in Greece.