Dimitra Sakali

Dimitra Sakali is a Greek screenwriter and television creator whose career spans more than two decades of Greek television. Born in Didymoteicho, she graduated from the M. V. Traga Drama School and began writing for television in the late 1990s. Over the years, she has established herself as one of the experienced voices of contemporary Greek television, working across drama, comedy, crime and character-driven series.Sakali has frequently collaborated with screenwriter and actor Vassilis Risvas, forming one of the longest-running creative partnerships in Greek television. Their work together includes some of the most recognizable Greek series of the 2000s and 2010s, including 50-50 (Πενήντα Πενήντα), Mavra Mesanyhta (Black Midnight), Tamam, and Ou Fonefseis (Thou Shalt Not Kill). Their collaboration also extended to Poios Papadopoulos? (Who Is Papadopoulos?), the 2022 comedy series, as well as other television productions.Her writing credits also include 10i Entoli (10th Commandment), the long-running crime anthology series that became one of the most distinctive Greek television productions of its era. Sakali contributed to numerous episodes throughout the series’ run, working with stories that explored crime, human relationships and the darker aspects of everyday life. Her television work has continued through productions such as Erotas me Diafora (Love with a Difference) and Transparent Love.In recent years, Sakali has continued to work across different genres, including the television series Poios Papadopoulos?, Transparent Love, and Rififi. Her collaboration with Vassilis Risvas on Rififi marked a return to darker, more dramatic storytelling, combining a real historical event with fictional characters and personal stories.She is best known internationally for her work as one of the writers of Rififi, the six-episode drama and heist miniseries produced by COSMOTE TV and directed by Sotiris Tsafoulias. Inspired by the infamous 1992 bank heist in Athens, the series goes beyond the mechanics of the robbery, focusing on the people behind the story, their motivations and the human circumstances surrounding the events. Sakali co-wrote the series with Vassilis Risvas, with the screenplay combining elements of crime, drama, emotion and dark humor.With a career that stretches from late-1990s television to contemporary streaming and premium drama, Dimitra Sakali has contributed to a wide range of Greek productions and has built a body of work characterized by strong characters, dramatic situations and stories rooted in human behavior. Her long-standing creative partnership with Vassilis Risvas remains a defining part of her career, while Rififi represents one of the most ambitious dramatic projects of their collaboration.