Alida Dimitriou was born in Athens and studied Film Directing. Since 1977 she has directed more than 50 documentaries for the National Television (ERT S.A) and the Ministry of Culture. She is the writer of the Filmography of short films in Greece, 1939-1974 (Ed. Kastaniotis, 1974, Athens) and Dictionary of Short Films in Greece from 1939 to 1992 (Ed.Kastaniotis, 1992, Athens).