
Yanaki Manaki
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday18 May 1878
Died1 January 1954 (age 75)
Place of birthAvdella, Ottoman Empire, Manastir Vilayet
Known credits43
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, wh…

The Reception of the Greek King and the Heir Pavle Made by General Bojovic in Bitola
1918 · Director

Alexander Karadjordjevic Visiting Bitola
1912 · Director

Opening of the City Café in Bitola
1912 · Director
The Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Silyvria
1911 · Director

The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Bitola
1911 · Director

The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Gopesh
1911 · Director

The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen
1911 · Director

Panorama of the City of Grevena
1911 · Director
The Visit of the Sultan Mehmed the Fifth Reshad to Salonika
1911 · Director

Grevena Church
1911 · Director
The Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Resad Visiting Bitola
1911 · Director
The Celebration on Hürriyet
1908 · Director

Parade on the Occasion of the Hürriyet
1908 · Director

The Celebration with Slogans in Greek
1908 · Director

Turks' Hearing Speech on Hürriyet
1908 · Director

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen
1908 · Director

Celebration on the Occasion of Young Turks' Revolution in Bitola
1908 · Director
Weaving Women
1905 · Director
The Parade of Serbian Army in Bitola
1905 · Director

Grandma Despina
1905 · Director

Weavers
1905 · Director

Weavers
1905 · Writer

Weavers
1905 · Camera Operator

The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola
1905 · Director
Sheep Slaughter
1905 · Director

Turkish Professor at the Agricultural School
1905 · Director
Parades of the Turkish Artillery in Bitola
1905 · Director
The Celebration of Saint George
1905 · Director
Veria Fair
1905 · Director

Village Wedding
1905 · Director

Wallachian Nomads
1905 · Director
Fair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola
1905 · Director
A Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola
1905 · Director
The Mass
1905 · Director
Reprisals by the Turkish Army Against the Macedonian Population
1905 · Director

The Celebration of the Religious Festival Epiphany
1905 · Director
Wallachian Dance
1905 · Director

A Veterinary Station
1905 · Director

The Religious Holiday All Souls’ Day
1905 · Director

The Outside Class
1905 · Director

Washerwomen
1905 · Director
Infantry and Cavalcade on the Occasion of the Young Turks
1905 · Director
Market Day in Bitola
1905 · Director

A Wedding in Bitola
1905 · Director

Celebration of Epiphany in Bitola
1905 · Director
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