Career
He is a graduate of the University of Miami Film School. A number of skydiving records were set or organised by Manos, including the world"s first 2-point 100 way. Skydiving Magazine named Manos "Skydiver of the Year" in 1992.
Manos featured in a number of skydiving fraternity video features as skydive photography became popular through the 1980s, and followed his involvement in the Norman Kent production From Wings Came Flight by directing and producing Flight of the Dream Team, a documentary.
Manos was a writer for the 1994 Hollywood action skydiving film Drop Zone and a stunt double for Gary Busey. He co-wrote the screenplay for and directed the 2000 action-adventure film Cutaway, about a United States. Customs agent getting involved in skydiving as part of a sting operation targeting parachuting drug smugglers.
He directed action units in Drop Zone, Shadow Ops, Eraser and Get Smart, and has performed stunts in dozens of Hollywood films, including Virus, Last Action Hero, Eraser, George of the Jungle, Cliffhanger, and Get Smart.
