{{Short description|Italian film directors, screenwriters and actors}} {{Infobox person | name = Manetti Bros. | image = Manetti_Bros_Venezia.jpg | caption = Antonio (left) and Marco (right) Manetti, at the 2017 Venice Film Festival | birth_date = '''Marco:''' {{birth date and age|1968|1|15|df=y}}<br/>Rome, Italy ---- '''Antonio:''' {{birth date and age|1970|9|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = {{hlist|Film directors, producers|screenwriters|cinematographers}} | years_active = 1995–present }} '''Marco''' (born 15 January 1968) and '''Antonio Manetti''' (born 16 September 1970), collectively referred to as '''Manetti Bros.''', are Italian filmmakers, famous for their musical comedies.
==Biography== After having directed more than a hundred video clips, for singers such as Piotta, Alex Britti, Mietta, Mariella Nava and Max Pezzali<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/topics/news/marco_e_antonio_manetti_manetti_bros_-87418220/|title=Marco e Antonio Manetti (Manetti Bros)|work=La Repubblica|date=27 May 2014|accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref> and after their first unfortunate experience behind the camera with ''Zora the Vampire'', the Manetti Bros. direct a small-budget thriller film, set mostly in an elevator: ''Floor 17''. Most of the cast of that film worked once again with the brothers on the TV series ''L'ispettore Coliandro'', based on the stories by Carlo Lucarelli: the series is a success and has been renewed for seven seasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hallofseries.com/coliandro/coliandro-torna-con-la-7-stagione/|title=L'Ispettore Coliandro tornerà presto: la settima stagione è ufficiale|work=hallofseries.com|date=17 March 2018|accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref>
In the 2010s the brothers directed their two most celebrated films, both set in Naples: ''Song'e Napule'', a comical tribute to the 1970s poliziotteschi, screened at the 2013 Rome Film Festival,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://xl.repubblica.it/articoli/songe-napule-lo-sguardo-affettuoso-dei-manetti-bros-su-napoli/7072/|title=Song'e Napule: lo sguardo affettuoso dei Manetti Bros. su Napoli|work=La Repubblica|date=11 November 2013|accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref> and ''Love and Bullets'', a musical comedy presented at the 2017 Venice Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/cinema/venezia/edizione2017/2017/09/06/news/manetti_bros_ammore_e_malavita_-174753753/|title=A Venezia i Manetti Bros con 'Ammore e malavita': applausi e risate al gangster-movie in musical|work=La Repubblica|date=6 September 2017|accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref> Both movies received critical acclaim and the latter won the David di Donatello Award for Best Picture.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2018/03/21/news/david_2018_-191886795/|title=David 2018 nel segno delle donne. Il miglior film è 'Ammore e malavita'|work=La Repubblica|date=22 March 2018|accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref>
In 2020, they wrote and directed the film adaptation of comics series ''Diabolik'', starring Luca Marinelli as the title character, and co-starring Miriam Leone and Valerio Mastandrea as Eva Kant and Inspector Ginko respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lwlies.com/articles/luca-marinelli-martin-eden-diabolik-remake/|title=Martin Eden's lead will suit up in leather for a Diabolik remake|website=Little White Lies|date=9 October 2019|accessdate=10 September 2020}}</ref> The film was scheduled to be released on 31 December 2020,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2020/09/01/diabolik-con-luca-marinelli-in-sala-il-31-dicembre_ad5c0319-c81d-4565-9758-08948aa68d97.html|title=Diabolik con Luca Marinelli in sale il 31 dicembre|date=1 September 2020|publisher=ANSA|language=it|accessdate=17 September 2020}}</ref> and then postponed to 16 December 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
==Filmography== ===Film=== *''Zora the Vampire'' (2000) *''Floor 17'' (2005) *''The Arrival of Wang'' (2011) *''Paura'' (2012) *''Song'e Napule'' (2013) *''Love and Bullets'' (2017) *''Diabolik'' (2021) *''Diabolik: Ginko Attacks!'' (2022) *''Diabolik: Who Are You?'' (2023) *''U.S. Palmese'' (2024)
===TV series=== * ''L'ispettore Coliandro'' (2006–2018) * ''Inspector Rex'' (2014–2015)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.manettibrosfilm.com}} *{{IMDb name|0542029|Marco Manetti}} *{{IMDb name|0542023|Antonio Manetti}}
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