Matteo was born in Florence Italy, and started his animation career as a traditional animator and storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network (Ed, Edd and Eddy) and RAI, before becoming a CG animator in videogames (Ubisoft, Bungie), TV (Lucasfilm Animation) and movies (Mikros, ILM, Framestore among others).
As Animation Director he's worked on "Vampirina" for Disney Jr., the "Marvel What If..." series for Marvel Studios, and the "2kk" feature for Submarine. As a Director, he's worked on 2D and 3D shorts, videogame commercials, episodic animation for various clients, among which Disney Jr and Omens Studios. At Omens Studios he was also in charge of writing, drawing and animating pitches for tv series and short projects. Most recently he's been co-directing an unannounced animated feature. Matteo received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2018 for his directing work on Vampirina. |