George Donald Mancini (born January 25, 1963)[2] is an American screenwriter and film director, most notable for the Child's Play franchise.

Don Mancini
Don Mancini during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, holding a Chucky doll.
Born	George Donald Mancini[1] (1963-01-25) January 25, 1963 (age 59) United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Kit Du Bois Donald G. Mancini[2]
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director
Notable work	Child's Play

Career

Having been a horror fan since his childhood, Mancini's inspiration for Child's Play were films like Trilogy of Terror and the "Talky Tina" episode of The Twilight Zone, stating that he knew the killer doll trope, but realized it had never been done as a feature-length film in the age of animatronics. As a film student at UCLA in the mid-1980s, Mancini was amused by the hysteria surrounding the Cabbage Patch Kids, and that the ubiquitous 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 result in consumer bedlam. Based on this, Mancini wanted to write a dark satire about how marketing affected children, with his first effort being as the co-writer of Child's Play (1988).[3][4]

Mancini wrote all seven films in the original Child's Play film series, and was the executive producer of Bride of Chucky and Cult of Chucky. He began directing Child's Play franchise entries with Seed of Chucky (2004), followed by Curse of Chucky (2013) and Cult (2017), and was the creator, writer, and director of the Chucky TV series.[5] He was not involved with the 2019 reboot.[4]

In 2007, he won the EyeGore award for career contributions to the horror genre. He sometimes goes by the pseudonym Kit Dubois. Mancini attended St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia, University of California in Los Angeles, and Columbia University (Brad Dourif was among his teachers[6]) in New York City.[7][8][3]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

• Don Mancini at IMDb
• Campblood.org Interview with Don Mancini Archived October 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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