Matteo was born in Florence Italy, and started his animation career as a storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network (Ed, Edd and Eddy) and traditional animator for RAI (Lupo Alberto), before becoming a CG animator in video games (Ubisoft, Bungie), TV (Lucasfilm Animation) and movies (ILM, Framestore, MPC).
As Animation Director he's worked among others on "Vampirina" for Disney Jr., the "Marvel What If..." series for Marvel Studios, and the "2KK” feature at Submarine. As a Director, he's worked on 2D and 3D shorts, commercials, and episodic animation for various clients, among which Disney Jr, Tomavision and Hasbro. He’s currently directing a preschool series and in charge of pitches at Omens Studios. Matteo received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2018 for his directing work on Vampirina. |