The great director Tasos Birsim passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 18:55.

The announcement of his death was made by his son, emphasizing that the funeral procession and cremation will take place in a close family circle.

Tasos Birsim, the personal charismatic director of the late Andreas Papandreou, was a television director at ERT during the 1980s.

At the end of the 60s, Tasos Birsim began a passionate career on Greek television that soon brought him close to Andreas Papandreou and the biggest Greek political events with PASOK.

With the reception of the euro in 2002, the opening ceremony of Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in 2001, the Millennium ceremony – “Welcome 2000 in the LIGHT of the Acropolis”, the inauguration of the Rio – Antirion Bridge “Charilaos Trikoupis” in 2004, Tasos Birsim creates history at the heart of the great events of our country.

With frequent visits to more than 130 TV stations around the world, awarded with the 1st prize “SOLDIERS and PEOPLE” at the 1994 Rome festival, Tasos Birshim tirelessly dreamed of modernizing TV production in our country with always a human focus.

Behind the cameras with the talented technicians and in front of the cameras with his favorite presenters, Tasos Birsim created thousands of hours of television with passion and great respect for the viewer.

He was a pioneer in the organization and direction of large live international political and sports meetings. From the Acropolis Rally, to the Mediterranean Athletics Games, the Eurobasket, the Pan-European Athletics Championship, the reception of the Olympians in 1996 as well as the opening ceremony, closing ceremony of ATHINA ’97.

From 2017 until recently, Tasos Birsim was the director of the show “With Virtue and Courage” of the Armed Forces.