Costa Mantis

Costa Mantis. Director: Searching for Safe Ground. Costa Mantis grew up on a farm in Reading, Pennsylvania where he began work in his grandfather's restaurant at the age of 6. He shot and developed his first still photo at age 12; started his first novel at 16; and made his first award-winning short "Laughing Stock" at age 20. His next film was the acclaimed "Reading 1974: Portrait of a City",...