Emmanuel Pappas
Filmmaker in Los Angeles
Emmanuel’s Production experience spans multiple continents, over the last 21 years, as Producer and Production Manager. He has filmed and co-produced features, television and commercials in India, Australia, France, Pacific Islands and the United States.
Emmanuel Produced the Netflix Original Feature Skater Girl, a narrative feature released worldwide June 2021. He's currently filming Skate Basti (Village) and developing a slate of features, series and animated projects through Los Angeles based Skatepark Films.
He previously worked at Warner Bros. Physical Production where he supported the production management of titles such as Wonder Woman 1984, The Joker, Dunkirk, Justice League, Ocean’s 8, Batman vs. Superman, and American Sniper among many other titles.
Prior to joining Warner Bros. he served as Principal Partner of one of South Asia’s leading Production Service companies, On The Road India from 2003 through 2013, leading the company into a successful collaboration with Studio and Independent films. During this time his most notable credits as Production Manager include the Warner Bros. International German feature, Eight Miles High (2006), Peter Weir's The Way Back (2009), Disney International's German feature Hexe Lilli (2010) as well as the India portion of Warner Bros., The Dark Knight Rises (2012) among many other award winning documentaries, commercials and stills projects over the years.
As Producer, Emmanuel also Produced Maya which went on to win People’s Choice Award - 1st Runner up at TIFF as well as Best Director and Cinematographer at the Asian American Film Festival, New York and Australian Cinematography Society.
He Co-Produced, Return to Rajapur, a drama staring Lynn Collins, Justin Theroux, Frank Langella, Celia Weston and Manoj Bajpai. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
His collaboration with writer/director and wife Manjari Makijany, began with the award winning shorts narrative films, The Last Marble, and continued with The Corner Table and I See You.
A Greek-Australian, Emmanuel graduated in Communications with majors in Film & Media and Business from Griffith University, Queensland. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School and UCLA, Summer Professional Producing programs.