Directing
Yanaki Manaki
1878-05-18 · Avdella, Ottoman Empire, Manastir Vilayet
Giannakis (Ioannis) Manakis (Aromanian: Ianachia Manachia, Greek: Γιαννάκης Μανάκης, 1878–1954) was a pioneering photographer and cinematographer, who, together with his brother, Miltos, are considered the “Lumier brothers of the Balkans”. He born in Avdella, Grevena, a Vlach village in Pindos (Ottoman Empire - today Greece). Attended the high school of Monastir (present-day Bitola), where he received a diploma as a teacher and painter (tracery/calligraphy). In 1898 he opened his first photography studio in Ioannina, while also working as a teacher. In 1904, the brothers moved to Monastir, where their studio became famous throughout the Balkans. In 1905, during a trip to London, he bought a Bioscope camera (serial number 300). With it, they shot the first film in the Balkans, “The Weavers,” starring their 114-year-old grandmother. They were official photographers of the Ottoman Sultan and the King of Yugoslavia, and in 1906 they won a gold medal at a world exhibition in Romania. Their Work The Manaki brothers’ archive includes approximately 67 short films and over 17,000 photographs, which record historical events (e.g. the Young Turk revolution, the Balkan Wars) and the daily life of the people of Macedonia and Epirus. At the end of his life, Giannakis Manakis settled in Thessaloniki, where he lived humbly and died in 1954. In their honor, the Manaki Brothers International Film Festival is organized annually in Bitola, while Theodoros Angelopoulos' film, "The Gaze of Ulysses", is inspired by the search for their lost films.
Known for
Grandma Despina
The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola
Weaving Women
Sheep Slaughter
The Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Silyvria
The Celebration on Hürriyet
Wallachian Dance
The Reception of the Greek King and the Heir Pavle Made by General Bojovic in Bitola
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen
The Mass
Fair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola
A Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola
Parades of the Turkish Artillery in Bitola
Opening of the City Café in Bitola
The Visit of the Sultan Mehmed the Fifth Reshad to Salonika
Panorama of the City of Grevena
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The Reception of the Greek King and the Heir Pavle Made by General Bojovic in Bitola
Alexander Karadjordjevic Visiting Bitola
Opening of the City Café in Bitola
The Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Silyvria
The Visit of the Sultan Mehmed the Fifth Reshad to Salonika
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Bitola
Panorama of the City of Grevena
Grevena Church
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Gopesh
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen
The Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Resad Visiting Bitola
The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen
Celebration on the Occasion of Young Turks' Revolution in Bitola
The Celebration on Hürriyet
Parade on the Occasion of the Hürriyet
The Celebration with Slogans in Greek
Turks' Hearing Speech on Hürriyet
Weaving Women
The Parade of Serbian Army in Bitola
Grandma Despina
Weavers
The Mass
The Outside Class
Veria Fair
Wallachian Dance
The Celebration of Saint George
A Veterinary Station
Wallachian Nomads
Sheep Slaughter
Turkish Professor at the Agricultural School
The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola
The Religious Holiday All Souls’ Day
Infantry and Cavalcade on the Occasion of the Young Turks
The Celebration of the Religious Festival Epiphany
Fair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola
A Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola
Washerwomen
Market Day in Bitola
Village Wedding
Parades of the Turkish Artillery in Bitola
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