Matteo was born in Florence Italy, and graduated from Vancouver Film School in the Classical Animation program.
He began working right out of school, starting as a storyboard artist for Cartoon Network (Ed, Edd n Eddy), then as a traditional animator for RAI (Lupo Alberto), before transitioning to CG animation in video games (Ubisoft, Bungie), television (Lucasfilm Animation), and feature films (ILM, Framestore, Mikros, and MPC). As Animation Director he's worked among others on "Vampirina" for Disney, the "Marvel What If..." series for Marvel Studios, and features at Submarine Animation and Tomavision Studios. As a Director, he's worked on 2D and 3D shorts, commercials, and episodic animation for various clients, among which Disney Jr, Wildbrain and Hasbro. Matteo received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2018 for his work on Vampirina. |