Maria Chalkou studied Pedagogy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Filmmaking at the Stavrakos Film School. She holds a Ph.D. in Film Theory and History (University of Glasgow), sponsored by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (I.K.Y.), and a MA in Film and Art Theory (University of Kent). Currently she lectures on Film History, Theory and Methodology at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University in Corfu, as an Adjunct lecturer. Her research interests focus on film cultures of the 1960s, contemporary Greek and European cinema, and cinematic representations of the past. She has also researched and co-directed the documentary Oneira Mikrou Mikous (1960-1967)/Dreaming in 'Shorts' (1960-1967) for the TV programme Paraskinio (2007). She is the founding editor of peer reviewed academic journal Filmicon: Journal of Greek Film Studies.