Born in Sydney, Australia to Greek parents who immigrated to Australia in the 60s.
Emmanuel is a graduate of Griffith University Brisbane, where he studied Communications with majors in Business, Film, and Marketing. He later attended short professional producing programs at the Australian Film Television and Radio School and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Emmanuel immigrated to the United States in 2000 where he co-founded Los Angeles based production company On The Road India, a production service company handling international feature, commercial, and documentary projects filmed in India and South Asia.
His collaboration with wife
Manjari Makijany began with award winning short film,
The Last Marble (2012), and continued with
The Corner Table (2013) and
I See You (2017). Emmanuel produced her debut feature
Skater Girl (2021) and is producing a slate of feature and TV series projects through their Los Angeles based production company Skatepark Films.