Guido Manuli

{{Infobox person |name= Guido Manuli |image= |caption= |birth_date={{birth-date and age|11 June 1939}} |birth_place=Cervia, Ravenna, Italy |death_date= |death_place= |occupation=Animation director |known_for= |years_active=1960–present |spouse= }}

'''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,<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=as>{{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}}</ref> and was a close collaborator of Bruno Bozzetto for 18 years, working as a gagman, scriptwriter, and director of animation at Bozzetto Films.<ref name=as></ref><ref name="bio">{{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}}</ref> 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).<ref name="bio" /> 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''.<ref name=as></ref> Manuli also directed music videos, advertising shorts, and openings for television shows.<ref name=as></ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== ; Shorts

* ''Fantabiblical'' (1977) * '' Count-Down'' (1979) * ''S.O.S.'' (1979) * ''Erection: To Each His Own'' (1981) * ''Only a Kiss'' (1983) * ''Anijam'' (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)

; Music videos

* La Bionda - "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (1981) * Rondò Veneziano - "La Serenissima" (1984)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm0544306}} * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKT81VIpMHQb9CBetZRAnA Guido Manuli Animation] {{Authority control}}

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