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Manos Zacharias
Μάνος Ζαχαρίας
Born
Emanuel Spiros

(1922-07-09) 9 July 1922 (age 102)
Citizenship
EducationNKUA (BS)
Occupations
Years active1948–1977
EmployerMosfilm
OrganizationEPON
SpouseLiolia Zacharias
Children
  • Lena
  • Masha
Relatives

Manos Zacharias (Greek: Μάνος Ζαχαρίας; born Emanuel Spiros; 9 July 1922) is a Greek film director, cinematographer and actor, who was active in Greek and Soviet cinema.[1]

Life and career

Zacharias was born on 9 July 1922[2][3] in Athens, in the area of Thiseio. His father was a chemist and his mother was a teacher. He studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the chemistry department and during 1941 and 1944 he was a member of EPON.[4][5]

In 1945, with a scholarship from the French Institute, he left for studies in Paris on the ship "Mataroa" together with other young people who later excelle Kostas Axelos, Memos Makris etc. He studied cinema at IDHEK and attended theater courses. In 1956, after a competition, he studied at the Mosfilm school in Moscow.[6] With the end of his studies he worked as a director at Mosfilm.[7] In 1971 he took over the artistic direction of Mosfilm's Third Studio. As a director he made seven feature films and three short films. In 1979 he returned to Greece and from 1981 took over the field of cinema at the Ministry of Culture until 1990.[8][9][10][11]

He met and married his wife, Liolia and they had two daughters, Lena and Masha. He turned 100 on 9 July 2022.[12][13][14]

Tribute

In 2004, the 45th Thessaloniki Film Festival screened Zacharias' film One of the Execution Squad (1968) as part of the tribute A Director Passionate about Greece.[15]

In 2008, the 49th Thessaloniki Film Festival paid tribute to Manos Zacharias[16] under the title The traveler of memory, in the context of which Zacharias' films The Truth for the Children of Greece (1948), Morning Route (1959), The Mops (1960) were screened ), Night Passenger (1962), End and Beginning (1963), I'm a Soldier, Mom (1966),[17] One of the Firing Squad (1968), City of First Love (1970), Corner of Arbat and Bouboulinas (1972), Alias Lukacs (1977) as well as the documentary The Story of My Years - Manos Zacharias (2005) by Stelios Charalambopoulos.[18]

Selected filmography

  • The truth about the children of Greece
  • Morning route
  • The Sponges
  • Night Passenger
  • The Crossroads or End and Beginning
  • Corner of Arbat and Bouboulinas
  • Pseudonym Lukacs

References

  1. ^ "Манос Захариас". Кино-Театр.Ру. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ "Манос Захариас". Кино-Театр.Ру. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  3. ^ "Μάνος Ζαχαρίας - 9 Ιουλίου 1922". www.ert.gr (in Greek). 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  4. ^ Sideri, Eleni (2023-05-12). Coproducing Europe: An Ethnography of Film Markets, Creativity and Identity. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-80073-986-4.
  5. ^ "ΜΑΝΟΣ ΖΑΧΑΡΙΑΣ, σκηνοθέτης του Δημοκρατικού Στρατού Ελλάδας". ethniki-antistasi-dse.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  6. ^ Cowie, Peter (1989). International Film Guide. Tantivy Press.
  7. ^ Tismaneanu, Vladimir; Iacob, Bogdan C. (2019-06-12). Ideological Storms: Intellectuals, Dictators, and the Totalitarian Temptation. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-386-304-6.
  8. ^ Lee, Toby (2020-11-10). The Public Life of Cinema: Conflict and Collectivity in Austerity Greece. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-37901-5.
  9. ^ Media 92: Mésures Pour Encourager Le Developpement de L'industrie Audiovisuelle (in French). Commission des Communautés Européennes, Direction Générale Information, Communication, Culture. 1989.
  10. ^ "rizospastis.gr - Αφιέρωμα στον Μάνο Ζαχαρία". ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ (in Greek). 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  11. ^ "Σινεφίλια [Cinephilia.Gr] - Μάνος Ζαχαρίας: Σινεμά και εξορία". www.cinephilia.gr. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  12. ^ Κατσουνάκη, Μαρία (2022-07-08). "Ο αιωνόβιος κύριος Μάνος Ζαχαρίας". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  13. ^ "Μάνος Ζαχαρίας - 9 Ιουλίου 1922". www.ert.gr (in Greek). 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  14. ^ "Happy Birthday Mr. President - FLIX". flix.gr (in Greek). 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  15. ^ Media: Newsletter of the Media 92 Programme, Commission of the European Communities. The Commission. 1988.
  16. ^ Μουράτης, Θωμάς (2008-09-09). "49 TIFF: MANOS ZACHARIAS RETROSPECTIVE". Thessaloniki Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  17. ^ Я - солдат, мама (in Russian). Lenizdat. 1988. ISBN 978-5-289-00086-6.
  18. ^ Goble, Alan (1991). The International Film Index, 1895-1990: Directors' filmography and indexes. Bowker-Saur. ISBN 978-0-86291-633-6.
  19. ^ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.
  20. ^ Седов, Б. К. (2003). Каратель (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. ISBN 978-5-7654-2767-5.
  21. ^ Владимирович, Яшин Борис (2012-01-01). Пусть все идет как идет, и будет как будет...: Беседы Гаянэ Амбарцумян с кинорежиссером Борисом Яшиным (in Russian). Борис Яшин. ISBN 978-5-91325-036-0.