Died 20 July 2007, Rome, Italy | ||
Born 10 November 1943 ( 1943-11-10 ) Fara Gera d'Adda, Italy Occupation Television and film producer Children Marta Manzotti, Giorgia Manzotti TV shows Era mio fratello, Amico mio, Casa famiglia Nominations David di Donatello for Best Producer Movies Two Evil Eyes, The Story of Piera, Nothing Underneath, La Bonne, The Girl from Trieste Similar Franco Ferrini, Bernardino Zapponi, Raimondo Crociani, Enrico Vanzina, Renato Pozzetto | ||
Achille Manzotti (10 November 1943 – 20 July 2007) was an Italian television and film producer.
Born in Fara Gera d'Adda, after some experiences as a musician, in the 1970s Manzotti moved to Milan where he became manager of a number of local comedians. Thanks to the friendship with the actor Renato Pozzetto, after becoming his agent he started to produce his films, starting from Luna di miele in tre (1976).
Initially specialized in comedies, from the late 1970s he also produced numerous art films directed by Nanni Moretti, Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Comencini, Volker Schlöndorff, among others. In the 1990s he mainly focused his activities on producing TV-series.
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