János Manninger | |
Birth Place: | Magyaróvár, Austria-Hungary |
Birth Date: | 12 September 1901 |
Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
Nationality: | Hungarian |
Occupation: | Photographer, director |
János Manninger (Magyaróvár, 12 September 1901[1] – Budapest, 1 April 1946) was a Hungarian photographer and director.
He was born from his father János Manninger (1869–1923),[2] and his mother Mária Szilágyi (1880–1960).[3] Manninger was educated in Mosonmagyaróvár, his home town. He was a photographer at the Humnia Film Factory before moving to Berlin, with his first film being produced in 1928. He later moved to London, where he worked as a journalist, then went back to Hungary, where he committed suicide.