Anastasia Dimitra

Dr. Anastasia Dimitra is the course leader of the Animation and Interactive Media and Game Design programmes at AKTO Art & Design College (validated by Middlesex University, London). She has served as
an external/associate professor at the Department of Cultural Technology and
Communication at the University of the Aegean and at the University of West
Attica. She is also a member of the Work-Based Learning (WBL) programme at
Middlesex University, London.

She has directed several animated films in Greece, including DIADROMES (2011), EMMONES (2015), and THE CLASSMATE (2021). Since 1985, she has worked as an art director and chief animator on numerous animation projects. She has authored books and academic papers on the art of animation and has served as a jury member at
several international animation festivals; in 2002, she was a member of the selection committee for the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Her research focuses on animation theory, emerging technologies, virtual reality aesthetics, and serious games for people with
disabilities. She is the President of ASIFA International and a board member of
ASIFA Hellas.