Yanaki Manaki
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 18, 1878
- Died
- January 1, 1954 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Avdella, Ottoman Empire, Manastir Vilayet
Biography
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
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen
The Reception of the Greek King and the Heir Pavle Made by General Bojovic in Bitola
The Outside Class
Washerwomen
Wallachian Nomads
A Veterinary Station
Turkish Professor at the Agricultural School
The Religious Holiday All Souls’ Day
Celebration on the Occasion of Young Turks' Revolution in Bitola
Parade on the Occasion of the Hürriyet
Filmography
The Reception of the Greek King and the Heir Pavle Made by General Bojovic in Bitola
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Alexander Karadjordjevic Visiting Bitola
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Opening of the City Café in Bitola
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The Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Silyvria
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The Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Resad Visiting Bitola
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The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Bitola
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The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Gopesh
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The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen
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Panorama of the City of Grevena
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Grevena Church
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The Visit of the Sultan Mehmed the Fifth Reshad to Salonika
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Celebration on the Occasion of Young Turks' Revolution in Bitola
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The Celebration on Hürriyet
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Parade on the Occasion of the Hürriyet
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Turks' Hearing Speech on Hürriyet
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The Celebration with Slogans in Greek
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The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen
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Grandma Despina
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Weaving Women
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The Parade of Serbian Army in Bitola
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The Outside Class
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Washerwomen
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The Mass
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Market Day in Bitola
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Veria Fair
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Wallachian Nomads
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Sheep Slaughter
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Wallachian Dance
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The Celebration of Saint George
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The Celebration of the Religious Festival Epiphany
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Village Wedding
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A Veterinary Station
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Turkish Professor at the Agricultural School
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The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola
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The Religious Holiday All Souls’ Day
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Fair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola
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Reprisals by the Turkish Army Against the Macedonian Population
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A Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola
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Infantry and Cavalcade on the Occasion of the Young Turks
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Parades of the Turkish Artillery in Bitola
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Celebration of Epiphany in Bitola
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A Wedding in Bitola
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Weavers
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