Guido Manuli

Guido Manuli (born 11 June 1939) is an Italian cartoon animator, screenwriter and director.

Guido Manuli
Born	11 June 1939 (1939-06-11) (age 86) Cervia, Ravenna, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Animation director
Years active	1960–present

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)
• 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)