Siamak Etemadi was born in 1972 in Tehran, Iran. In 1995 he moved to Athens, Greece, where he lives to this day. He studied TV production (Cardiff, UK), and film directing (Athens, Greece). He has also followed seminars on acting, editing and photography. He directed his first short film Vignette in 2001 as a student project and his second short film Paramithas in 2003 for the Greek National TV. Both films took part in Greek and international film festivals. From 2004 to 2011 he worked extensively as assistant director (first and second) and production manager in various feature films, TV series, and series of documentaries. He also had occasional work experiences as actor, both in theatre and cinema. His last short film Cavo d’Oro premiered in the Locarno International Film Festival in 2012, and was nominated for the Best Short Film in the Greek Film Academy Awards. The movie was theatrically distributed in Greece and continues a successful international festival run.