Marcus Markou: Biography and Background

Marcus Markou is a British film maker, playwright and internet entrepreneur.

Markou's debut feature film Papadopoulos & Sons, starring Stephen Dillane, was completed in 2012. The film was self-distributed by Markou in UK cinemas in April 2013, achieving the second highest screen average of any film in that weekend. This success placed the film among the top five self-distributed UK films in the past 15 years. The film went on to be bought by the BBC, ARTE and Netflix.

Markou's approach to distribution included cold calling Greek Orthodox priests asking them to announce the film in their Sunday services.

Markou speaks extensively about self distribution at film industry events and film festivals and is the subject of self distribution case studies.

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