Guido Manuli

Guido Manuli
Born11 June 1939 (1939-06-11) (age 85)
Cervia, Ravenna, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationAnimation director
Years active1960–present

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,[1][2] and was a close collaborator of Bruno Bozzetto for 18 years, working as a gagman, scriptwriter, and director of animation at Bozzetto Films.[2][3] 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).[3] 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.[2] Manuli also directed music videos, advertising shorts, and openings for television shows.[2][4]

Selected filmography

Shorts
  • Fantabiblical (1977)
  • Count-Down (1979)
  • S.O.S. (1979)
  • Erection: To Each His Own (1981)
  • Only a Kiss (1983)
  • Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima (1984)
  • Incubus (1985)
  • +1 -1 (1987)
  • Istruzioni per l’uso (1989)
  • Trailer (1993)
  • Casting (1997)
  • Loading (2004)
Feature-length films

References

  1. ^ Marino, Bruno Di (1998). "Manuli, Guido". Animania: 100 anni di esperimenti nel cinema d'animazione (in Italian). Il castoro. p. 161. ISBN 978-88-8033-129-2.
  2. ^ a b c d Furxhi, Lia (2002). Vent'anni di corti italiani: 1980-2001 (in Italian). Falsopiano. p. 112. ISBN 978-88-87011-44-9.
  3. ^ a b Bendazzi, Giannalberto (23 October 2015). "Guido Manuli". Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. CRC Press. pp. 220–1. ISBN 978-1-317-51991-1.
  4. ^ Verger, Mario (19 February 2016). "Le Sigle TV di Guido Manuli". Rapporto Confidenziale (in Italian). Retrieved 20 March 2023.