In 2011, former president Bamir Topi accredited him the "Honor of the Nation" order, Albanian: Urdhri "Nderi i Kombit".

In 1961, along with Viktor Gjika, Anagnosti directed the film, Njeriu kurrë nuk vdes (English: The Man Never Dies), using as a script a short story from American writer, Ernest Hemingway.

He is also the writer of the first Albanian color documentary, Gurët dekorativë (English: Decorative stones).

For the National Theater of Albania, he directed the stage drama, "Nata e trokitjeve në xham" (English: Night of the Knocks on the Window).

He is married to the Albanian actress Roza Anagnosti (Xhuxha), a Merited Artist of Albania.