Guido Manuli
{{Short description|Italian cartoon animator}}
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Guido Manuli (born 11 June 1939) is an Italian cartoon animator, screenwriter and director.
Biography
Born in Cervia, Manuli started working in the animation field in 1960,{{cite book |last1=Marino |first1=Bruno Di |title=Animania: 100 anni di esperimenti nel cinema d'animazione |date=1998 |publisher=Il castoro |isbn=978-88-8033-129-2 |page=161 |language=it |chapter=Manuli, Guido}}{{cite book |last1=Furxhi |first1=Lia |title=Vent'anni di corti italiani: 1980-2001 |date=2002 |publisher=Falsopiano |isbn=978-88-87011-44-9 |page=112 |language=it}} and was a close collaborator of Bruno Bozzetto for 18 years, working as a gagman, scriptwriter, and director of animation at Bozzetto Films.{{cite book |last1=Bendazzi |first1=Giannalberto |title=Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets |date=23 October 2015 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-317-51991-1 |pages=220–1 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0azMCgAAQBAJ&dq=Guido+Manuli+cervia+1939&pg=PA220 |language=en |chapter=Guido Manuli}} He co-directed with Bozzetto the shorts Opera (1973) and Striptease (1977), and made his debut as a sole director with the science-fiction satirical short Fantabiblical (1977). He directed the animation sequences of Maurizio Nichetti's To Want to Fly (1991), and in 2001 the Giuseppe Verdi's Aida-inspired animated film Aida of the Trees. Manuli also directed music videos, advertising shorts, and openings for television shows.{{cite news |last1=Verger |first1=Mario |title=Le Sigle TV di Guido Manuli |url=https://www.rapportoconfidenziale.org/?p=35901 |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=Rapporto Confidenziale |date=19 February 2016 |language=it-IT}}
Selected filmography
; Shorts
- Fantabiblical (1977)
- Count-Down (1979)
- S.O.S. (1979)
- Erection: To Each His Own (1981)
- Only a Kiss (1983)
- Anijam (1984)
- Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima (1984)
- Incubus (1985)
- +1 -1 (1987)
- Istruzioni per l’uso (1989)
- Trailer (1993)
- Casting (1997)
- Loading (2004)
; Feature-length films
- To Want to Fly (1991, co-directed with Maurizio Nichetti)
- L'eroe dei due mondi (1994)
- Monster Mash (2000)
- Aida of the Trees (2001)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0544306}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKT81VIpMHQb9CBetZRAnA Guido Manuli Animation]
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Category:People from the Province of Ravenna
Category:Italian animated film directors
Category:Italian animated film producers
Category:Italian comics artists