A writer, radio documentary producer and television art and culture broadcaster, Yorgos Archimandritis holds a PhD in Comparative Literature (Sorbonne University), specializing in the field of mythocritics, the study of myths in the arts and letters.

He was appointed Cultural Ambassador for the French Presidency in the European Union in 2008. He was awarded Knight of Arts and Letters (2010) and Officer of Arts and Letters (2019) by the French Republic for his contribution to the field of Culture in France and the world. In 2020, he was appointed Cultural Ambassador of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Paris.