Nasi Shamia
Engineer, Albanian film chemist at the Kinostudio “Shqiperia e Re”.
Shamia is the first intellectual who did the processing of color films in Albania. Born on March 22, 1931, in Voskopoje, Korca, where he completed high school. In 1954, Shamia went to Prague in Czechoslovakia, where he studied at the Faculty of Engineering, specializing in chemistry.
After graduation, Nasi started working as a color technology engineer on February 20, 1959, near the Kinostudio “Shqiperia e Re”. He did his diploma work for laboratory analysis and film processing. Shamia became the first intellectual with higher education in this sector of Albanian film. He is totally devoted to this profession and, with the close contacts he established with cameramen and directors, he mastered it very quickly, in particular he became a master in providing light and a consultant of creative frames in balancing them in the process of shooting films.
Nasi Shamia worked gradually to establish a more advanced and contemporary technological process in the processing of films, always being in the conditions of a country with limited financial resources.
The first to process color films in Albania. The first documentary film that was processed in the Kinostudio laboratory was “Decorative Stones” (1964) directed by Dh. Anagnosti;
His name in this role can also be found in the feature films “Concert in year `36”, “Silent Duel”, “Face to Face”, “Our Land”, and others!
He persevered in equipping the laboratory with contemporary and modern equipment as well as in the preparation of the program, the technological project and the establishment of the new film processing laboratory in Kinostudio.
It should also be mentioned that Nasi Shamia trained a considerable number of intellectuals in his sector. One of his hobbies was the guitar and he was also distinguished by his sense of humor.
Nasi Shamia passed away on March 23, 2017, exactly one day after his birthday!!!
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Reference: “Encyclopedia of Albanian Cinematography” / 2002 / AT Hoxha, p. 369.
The artist’s son, Mr. Ilian Shamia, whom we sincerely thank. The only photo we have made possible is the Shamia family’s copyright.
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