Don Mancini | |
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| File:Mancini, Don (2007).jpg Don Mancini during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike | |
| Born | George Donald Mancini[1] January 25, 1963 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Kit Du Bois Donald G. Mancini[2] |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film director |
Notable work | Child's Play |
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George Donald Mancini (born January 25, 1963)[2] is an American screenwriter and film director, most notable for the Child’s Play franchise.
Career[]
Mancini was the executive producer of Bride of Chucky, and he directed Seed of Chucky as well as the recent installment in the Child's Play franchise, Curse of Chucky. Along with Michael McDowell and Clive Barker, Mancini is one of the few openly gay writers in the slasher film genre.[3] In 2007, he won the EyeGore award for career contributions to the horror genre. He sometimes goes by the pseudonym Kit Du Bois (also spelled Kit Dubois). Mancini attended St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia, Columbia University in New York City, and the University of California in Los Angeles.[4][5][6]
Mancini's inspiration for Child's Play was being a horror fan since his childhood having seen Trilogy of Terror, and the "Talky Tina" episode of The Twilight Zone, claiming he knew the killer doll trope, but realized that it had never been done as a feature-length film in the age of animatronics. As a film student at UCLA in the mid-1980s, Mancini was amused by the hysteria surrounding the Cabbage Patch Kids, and that the ubiquitous, slightly homely dolls were disappearing from toy shelves and prompting physical fights between parents. Mancini’s father had worked in the advertising industry all his life, and he knew how effective marketing could pull strings, resulting in consumer bedlam. Based on this Mancini wanted to write a dark satire about how marketing affected children, claiming Cabbage Patch was really popular, and he wanted to put the two impulses together, with his first effort being the co-writer of Child's Play (1988).[6]
He returned to write and direct the seventh film of the Child's Play franchise, Cult of Chucky.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Others | Notes |
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| 1988 | Cellar Dweller | Yes | Credits as Kit Du Bois | ||
| Child's Play | Yes | Co-writer with Tom Holland and John Lafia, also story treatment | |||
| 1990 | Child's Play 2 | Yes | Also based on characters created by | ||
| Tales from the Crypt | Yes | Episode: "Fitting Punishment" | |||
| 1991 | Child's Play 3 | Yes | Also based on characters created by | ||
| 1998 | Bride of Chucky | Yes | Yes | Also based on characters created by, executive producer | |
| 2003 | SexTV | Himself | |||
| 2004 | Seed of Chucky | Yes | Yes | Also based on characters created by | |
| 2013 | Curse of Chucky | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2015 | Once in a Lew Moon | Himself | |||
| Hannibal | Yes | Yes | 2 Episodes, also producer; 8 episodes | ||
| 2016 | Channel Zero | Yes | Yes | Also supervising producer; 8 episodes | |
| Halloween Wars | Himself | As judge | |||
| 2017 | Cult of Chucky[7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also based on characters created by, executive producer |
References[]
- ↑ Inc., Intelius,. "George Mancini Los Angeles, CA - Intelius". Intelius.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: ; lastCS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Abley, Sean (2005-11-08). "Scary! In an era of "positive images" for gays and lesbians, can queer characters still get chopped up in horror movies?". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
{{cite web}}: ; deadurl - ↑ "October 06 Pine Needle". Issuu.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "UCLA's Don Mancini creates Chucky, gets lucky, breaks into show biz". dailybruin.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Your Friend 'Til the End: An Oral History of Child's Play". Mentalfloss.com. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Miska, Brad (December 3, 2013). "BREAKING: Chucky Will Return In Seventh 'Child's Play'!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
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