Resume
Manolis Manousakis
Education
College: Deree College (Athens, Greece)
Area of Study: Musicology
College :Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois)
Area of Study: Music Composition, Film Directing
Date of graduation: 1998
Graduate or professional schools attended:
Ionian University (Corfu, Greece)
Area of Study: Sound Art and Technology
Date of graduation: October 2006
De Montfort University-PHD Candidate
Area of Study: Cross Arts – Creative Production Methods Utilizing Collectives
Expected date of graduation: 2014
Born in Athens in Greece (1975). He gained his footing in live theater while at Columbia College in Chicago, where he studied composition with Gustavo Leone before returning to study with Tim Ward and Andreas Mniestris at the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. Prior to his sojourn in Chicago, was deeply engaged in both independent avant-garde theater and in the popular theater of his native country. Since that time, he has rarely been without a film or stage project and as a result has embraced a wide variety of stylistic influences.
He is a co founder of Medea Electronique synergy of Artist.
He works as a composer since 1998. He has composed for small ensembles, solos, electroacoustic compositions, video art and multimedia shows. He has also composed the original music for theater shows, documentaries, tv series, short films and theater dance shows.
1. Events (Served as Director)
2009-2012 Koumaria Residency
2008-2010 EMW Festival (Electromediaworks)
2. Cross Arts (Original Music, Production)
Oct. 2011: DMU concert series “Fragments of the Unseen-London”.
July 2011: Eleventh Plateu Festival “Fragments of the Unseen-Hydra”.
Dec. 2010: Onassis Cultural Center “Monotonia”.
May 2009: Softball Olympic Stadium Athens “Case of Emergency”.
April 2007: Benaki Museum of Contemporary arts “Medea Electronique Project_1”.
May 2005: Filippos Nakas Concert Hall “Tetrachromy”.
April 2005: Small Musical Theater “Stench on a White Shirt”.
April 2004: Filippos Nakas Concert Hall “22 Miniatures and Theater Sckertso”.
July 1999: Intact Performance Group “Catharsis”.
3. Theater (Original Music)
Nov. 2009: Municipal Regional Theatre of Greece “Inspector Calls”.
Nov. 2008: Municipal Regional Theatre of Greece “MouseTrap”.
Sept. 2007: Dagipoli Dance Theater Team Original “Crash”.
July 2006: Municipal Regional Theatre of Greece “Don Camillo”.
July 2004: Municipal Regional Theatre of Crete “Le Malad Imaginair”.
Nov 2004: Greek National Theater (indipendent stage) “A Birds Voice”.
Sept. 2004: Potmitis Theater “Erotic Chess”.
July 2003: Municipal Regional Theatre of Crete “Much Ado About Nothing”.
Sept. 2000: Theater Team -Studio Below Zero ”Bachelor Party“.
4. TV Series/ Film Music (Original Scores)
Sept. 2007: “For Anna” (TV Series). Anti-TV, Telekinises AE
Sept. 2006: “Secret Paths” (TV Series). Anti-TV, Telekinises AE
Sept. 2005: “Stranger Amongst Us” (TV Film). Anti-TV, Telekinises AE
May 2005: “Paradise for Three” (TV Film). Anti-TV, Telekinises AE
May 2003: “For A Woman And A Car” (TV Series). Anti-TV, Telekinises AE
Dec. 2003: “Municipality Oinoundos” (Documentary).Directed By Dinos Giannias
Sept. 2002: “Sparta” (Documentary).Directed By Dinos Giannias
May 2001: “Thief of Love” (TV Series).Anti-TV, Telekinises AE
May 2002: “Grew up” (Short Film) Directed By Sofia Chrisimou
May 2000: “Toy Town” (Short Film) Directed By Manolis Manousakis
Sept. 2000: “Selassia” (Documentary) Directed By Dinos Giannias
5. Films (directed, produced)
Sept. 2007: “Medea” . Short Film (Animation) 12.30′ – Producer
Sept. 2005: “RDK”. Short Film 8.30′ – Producer
Sept. 2005: “Dreams”. Short Film (Animation) 2.30′ – Producer
Sept. 2005: “New Age”. Short Film (Animation) 8.30′ – Producer
Sept. 2004: “Politics”. Short Film (Animation) 4.30′ – Producer
Sept. 2004: “Jungle”. Short Film (Animation) 6.15′ – Producer
Sept. 2004: “Entropy”. Short Film (Animation) 5.30′ – Producer
Sept. 2004: “Mid East OF Eden”. Short Film (Animation) 7.30′ – Producer
May 1998: “Toy Town” (13:00) 16 mm color Short Film – Director/Producer
April 1996: “Fixed” (6:00) 16 mm black and white silent Short Film – - Director/Producer
6. Theatrical Productions (Directed)
Feb. 2000: Bailiwick Arts Center Main stage – Chicago, Illinois “Lysistrata 2000″
July 1999: Chopin Theater Main stage – Chicago, Illinois “Catharsis”
Aristotle Greek High School Theater Team
June 2000: The Bailiwick Arts Center Main stage – Chicago, Illinois “Iphigenia” by Euripides
June 1998: Chopin Theater Studio – Chicago, Illinois “Ceremony” by Pavlos Matesis May 1999: Chopin Theater Studio – Chicago, Illinois “Frogs” By Aristophanes