Yanaki Manaki

Directing·May 18, 1878·Avdella, Ottoman Empire, Manastir Vilayet

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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.

Film	Credit
The Reception of the Greek King and the Heir Pavle Made by General Bojovic in Bitola1918 · Director	Director
Alexander Karadjordjevic Visiting Bitola1912 · Director	Director
Opening of the City Café in Bitola1912 · Director	Director
TThe Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Silyvria1911 · Director	Director
TThe Visit of the Sultan Mehmed the Fifth Reshad to Salonika1911 · Director	Director
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Bitola1911 · Director	Director
Panorama of the City of Grevena1911 · Director	Director
Grevena Church1911 · Director	Director
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Gopesh1911 · Director	Director
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen1911 · Director	Director
TThe Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Resad Visiting Bitola1911 · Director	Director
The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen1908 · Director	Director
Celebration on the Occasion of Young Turks' Revolution in Bitola1908 · Director	Director
TThe Celebration on Hürriyet1908 · Director	Director
Parade on the Occasion of the Hürriyet1908 · Director	Director
The Celebration with Slogans in Greek1908 · Director	Director
Turks' Hearing Speech on Hürriyet1908 · Director	Director
WWeaving Women1905 · Director	Director
TThe Parade of Serbian Army in Bitola1905 · Director	Director
Grandma Despina1905 · Director	Director
Weavers1905 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Mass1905 · Director	Director
The Outside Class1905 · Director	Director
VVeria Fair1905 · Director	Director
WWallachian Dance1905 · Director	Director
TThe Celebration of Saint George1905 · Director	Director
A Veterinary Station1905 · Director	Director
Wallachian Nomads1905 · Director	Director
SSheep Slaughter1905 · Director	Director
Turkish Professor at the Agricultural School1905 · Director	Director
The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola1905 · Director	Director
The Religious Holiday All Souls’ Day1905 · Director	Director
IInfantry and Cavalcade on the Occasion of the Young Turks1905 · Director	Director
The Celebration of the Religious Festival Epiphany1905 · Director	Director
FFair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola1905 · Director	Director
AA Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola1905 · Director	Director
Washerwomen1905 · Director	Director
MMarket Day in Bitola1905 · Director	Director
Village Wedding1905 · Director	Director
PParades of the Turkish Artillery in Bitola1905 · Director	Director
A Wedding in Bitola1905 · Director	Director
RReprisals by the Turkish Army Against the Macedonian Population1905 · Director	Director
Celebration of Epiphany in Bitola1905 · Director	Director