Petros Charalambous was born in Nicosia in 1976. He studied Electrical Engineering at the Higher Technical Institute in Cyprus and then he studied film and television directing at the California State University, Los Angeles. He interned for a year at CNN/DNEW in Los Angeles and then came back to Cyprus where he taught television production at the Frederick Institute of Technology.

Since 2000 he has been working for Lumiere Services as a film director for television advertisements, music videos and narratives. His short film “The Escape of the Queen” attended a lot of film festivals all over the world winning awards and distinctions.

He has participated in several photography contests where he also won awards and distinctions. He was pronounced “Photographer of the Year” 2003/4 by Cyprus Photographic Society.