Yanaki and Milton Manaki
The brothers Ianachia (Avdella, Ottoman Empire, 1878 – Thessaloniki, Greece, 1954) and Milton Manachia (Avdella, Ottoman Empire, 1882 – Bitola, SFR Yugoslavia, 1964) were pioneering photographers and the first filmmakers in the Balkans.
Ienache (Ion, Ianakis) - the big brother (18.05.1878-19.05.1954) and Milton (Miltiade) - the little brother (9.09.1882-5.03.1964) were born in North of Greece (Avdella), place who was till 1912 a part of the Ottoman Empire. They began to work together in 1898. Ienache open an photographic studio at Ianina (Epir), where he worked as a teacher of drawing and caligraphy. The brother had to leave Ianina in 1905 after the scandal of Vouvousa and they came back in Macedonia in Bitola (Monastir) where they open the famous Studio of Art and Photography - the label was written in both language: Romanian and Turk, the official language of the Ottoman Empire. The Manakis Brother they became the official photographers of the Romanian Court Royal in 1906, of the Ottoman in 1911 and of king Aleksandar Karadjordevic in 1929.
In honor of their work, the International Cinematographers' Film Festival "Manaki Brothers" is held every year in Bitola, the city where most of their activities were organized. In total, they took over 17,300 photographs in 120 localities.
- Awards
- 1906, 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal at the International Exposition in Bucharest
- See also
- Literature
- Marian Ţuţui, Orient Express: filmul românesc şi filmul balcanic sau Cinematograful balcanic, Bucharest: Editura Noi Media Print, 2008. (in Romanian)
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