John Kalafatis
Diaspora
The Construction School Changing Lives in New York City
A unique construction school created by Greek-Americans is changing peoples' lives by providing new skills to unemployed and disadvantaged youth.
Celebrities
“The Bricklayer” to be Filmed in Thessaloniki, Greece
An action-packed movie called "The Bricklayer" will start filming next month in Thessaloniki, Greece with Hollywood stars Nina Dobrev and Aaron Eckhart.
According to a report in GR Times, the film is set to shoot at Millennium’s Nu Boyana Greece...
Greek News
New Film Studio to Be Built in Greece Already Attracting Hollywood
Hollywood A-listers Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham will be filming in Greece next month for the fourth movie of The Expendables franchise.
Diaspora
York Films To Produce New Indie Drama “Viral”
Sarah Silverman and Blair Underwood will star in a Indie drama 'Viral', that will be produced with the help of three Greek American producers.
Hollywood
Greek First-Time Producers Behind ‘The Outpost’ Score Smash Hit
The epic Afghanistan war film "The Outpost", which premiered on streaming and VOD on July 3, has been a smash hit since the July 4 holiday weekend.
Starring Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood, and Caleb Landry Jones, "The Outpost" was a...
entertainment
Greek-American John Kalafatis Partners With Nu Boyana to Open Studios in Thessaloniki
The CEO of New York-based York Studios, John Kalafatis, has partnered with Nu Boyana to open brand new state-of-the-art film stages in Thessaloniki.
The Greek government has enacted a great film incentive for both US and international movies looking to shoot...
Hollywood
Greek-Led York Films to Release Afghanistan War Thriller ‘The Outpost’
York Films, a bicoastal American production company led by John Kalafatis, Tommy Vlahopoulos, and Joanna Kalafatis, recently co-produced a new Afghanistan war film titled "The Outpost". York worked with Millennium Films in the project, set to be released in...
Africa
Greek Americans Conquer the Highest Peak in Africa
Greek-Americans John and Joanna Kalafatis, along with their team from Spring Scaffolding, recently reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant stratovolcano in Tanzania, conquering the 19,341 ft. mountain, the highest in Africa.
John Kalafatis is used to heights, however, both...
Hollywood
Exclusive: A Greek-American is Building the Largest Movie Studio in New York City
After creating four giants in New York City’s construction sector, serial-entrepreneur John Kalafatis, has started the development of a hundred-million-dollar movie studio in the Big Apple, tapping into the city’s booming movie-industry.
Hollywood
John Kalafatis to Construct the Largest Movie Soundstage in New York
York Studios, which currently has a 40,000-square-foot lot in Maspeth, New York, had a groundbreaking ceremony today in the Bronx, where it will construct a sprawling gated complex with several production areas and soundstages, including the biggest soundstage in...