Nationality American Name Don Mancini | Role Screenwriter | |
Born January 25, 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-01-25 ) United States Occupation Film director, Film producer, screenwriter Movies Curse of Chucky, Child's Play, Seed of Chucky, Bride of Chucky, Child's Play 2 Similar People Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, Danielle Bisutti, Jennifer Tilly Profiles | ||
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George Donald Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American screenwriter and film director. Mancini is best known for creating the character Chucky and writing all the films in the Child's Play series. Mancini was also 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. 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.
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Curse of chucky set visit w don mancini writer director
Biography
Mancinis 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-1980's, 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).
He will return to write and direct the seventh film of franchise Cult of Chucky.