Constant Mentzas is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and restaurateur from Montreal, Quebec.[1] He is most noted for the short films Aspiration, which was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards[2] and won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and Gilles, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.[4]
He subsequently left the film business to take over ownership and operation of Ikanos, his father's Greek restaurant in Montreal.[1]