Manousos Manousakis, a well-known director with a long career in Greek television and cinema, has died at the age of 74.
According to Protothema.gr, Manousakis was recently hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit of Hygeia Hospital in Greece with a respiratory infection.
Manousakis was loved by the Greek public, with work titles that have captivated millions of TV viewers and have become an integral part of pop culture.
Born in 1950 in Athens, Manousakis studied directing at the London Film School in England. When he returned to Greece in the early 1970s, he started working initially in cinema.
One of his first works was the film Bartholomew in 1973, which he wrote, directed and produced. The film received a special mention at the San Remo Film Festival that same year, but was banned in Greece by the junta.
Other film productions followed, such as Arkhontes in 1978, and The Scarecrow in 1985.
In the mid-1980s, he took his first steps as a director of television series’. He directed the following series’: Goblin Jobs (1985-1986), Micrographies (1986-1987) and The Best Years (1989).
The drama series’ he directed are based on forbidden love stories, while some of them (Heart Whispers, Soul Touch, Don’t say goodbye to me, Love came from afar) are considered to be among the most successful in the history Greek television.
