Bruno Bozzetto

The Story of Frank and Nina

Frank, a school dropout, meets Nina, a teenage wife and mom seeking education. As they study together, their bond grows, redefining family and reality itself in their eyes.

Release Date:2024-10-03

Character:Il comandante, il nonno di Frank

Vote Count:1

Sapiens ?

Immersed in the enchantment of the symphonies of the great classical composers, three short films deal unfiltered with the essence of man and his impact on nature and society. In an emotional journey through the depths of the human soul, universal themes emerge: the love of violence and the difficult acceptance of diversity. An invitation to reflect on the impact of humans - Sapiens? - on the planet to the power of our actions on the world around us.

Release Date:2023-12-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Self

Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati

Release Date:2021-06-25

Character:Self

Animation Outlaws

Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.” Outside of Walt himself there are few people who have brought together and united more animators in the history of the genre than Craig "Spike" Decker and Mike Gribble, known to all as Spike & Mike. They created an animation festival that helped launch the careers of John Lasseter, Peter Lord, Will Vinton, Bill Plympton and Mike Judge to name just a few. Their Spike & Mike festival had an enormous impact on animation that was felt the world over. The festival was known as much for the breakthrough animation it presented as the outrageous antics of the founders.

Release Date:2019-09-27

Character:Himself

Vote Count:3

Ecosystem

"The world balance depends on the right number of living beings inhabiting it".

Release Date:2019-04-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

EU & USA

Cultural and behavioral differences between Europe and the USA.

Release Date:2018-08-13

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

Vote Count:1

Bozzetto non troppo

For the first time, a film about what's inside, behind, before, beneath and in the pockets of Italian animation legend Bruno Bozzetto.

Release Date:2016-10-14

Vote Count:4

Happy New Year 2016

At this rate where will they end up for the new year.

Release Date:2015-12-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Muko

Dogs who hate mice.

Release Date:2014-09-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore

No other country in the world has the same kind of affection and admiration toward Walt Disney and his art and characters as Italy. His movies are legendary and his stories belong to the collective imagination of generations of Italians who grew up with his world of dreams and hopes. This documentary explores this love story.

Release Date:2014-02-10

Vote Count:4

Rapsodeus

Is there a meaning to the thousands of wars fought by mankind? - Esiste un senso nelle migliaia di guerre combattute dall'umanità? Played over the second Hungarian Rhapsody by Franz Liszt, simulated with a virtual orchestra by Roberto Frattini, "Rapsodeus" shows the nonsense that lays behind every war fought by mankind. Directed by Bruno Bozzetto. Animated by Studio Alienatio.

Release Date:2013-01-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:5

Vintage or Cool?

So many things have entirely changed today. Is the present better than the past?

Release Date:2013-01-01

Department:Crew

Job:Script

Vote Count:2

Meritocrazia

Rapping over the theme of Meritocracy in Italy.

Release Date:2012-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Lazy Dog

A Cartoon about a sleeping dog.

Release Date:2012-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Game

Even a dama chess can turn Into something more than a game

Release Date:2012-01-01

Department:Crew

Job:Script

Vote Count:3

Sex and Fun

A 4 minutes series of quick and hilarious gags over sex intended in a simple and clean way

Release Date:2012-01-01

Department:Crew

Job:Script

Vote Count:2

30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

Release Date:2011-12-19

Va bene?

A humorous comparison between social mores in Italy and Germany.

Release Date:2010-11-06

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

Camuni

A man sees a woman and falls in Iove. To win her heart, he embarks upon a courtship involving fire-lit tribal dances, a perilous deer hunt and demonstrations of his virility. The only thing that unlocks her heart, however, is a flower, the “Camunian rose”, which he plucks from the rock and gives to her as a sign of his love.

Release Date:2009-06-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Armi su strada

An Animated Short Film by Bruno Bozzetto

Release Date:2008-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Il bello della differenza

Release Date:2006-07-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Travelers and Travelers

An Animated Short Film by Bruno Bozzetto

Release Date:2006-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Mr. Otto in 17

After Olympics, the Incomparable and unlucky Mr. Otto performs into 17 gags of Everyday Life.

Release Date:2004-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Neuro

A view over life into a peaceful block of flats.

Release Date:2004-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:4

Female & Male

Opposition of male and female stereotypes

Release Date:2004-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

Looo

A 3D animated short which gracefully mocks the italian 3D world and ita subjection to the fully developed american technology

Release Date:2004-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

The Spaghetti Family

Like it happens with every family all around the world, also in Italy the spaghetti family, an average, pretty large and messy family, has its own problems. While the mum is the typical "mama", the father is a layabout and their kids, besides being terribly untidy,music lovers and no school lovers, are in eternal dispute with their parents. Just one thing makes them get along together... the unconditional love for spaghetti that they daily eat for lunch and dinner.

Release Date:2003-12-21

Department:Art

Job:Supervising Art Director

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:1

Life

A character wants to create a new planet...

Release Date:2003-10-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:5

Olympics

A ferocious parody of the Olympic games.

Release Date:2003-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Adam

A flying saucer summarily drops off a solitary man, Adam, on an empty planet. He explores a bit, then, it starts to rain. The saucer returns and drops a box to him marked "SOS" - it has a red button in the middle. He presses it, and the space ship drops an umbrella to him. Later he presses the button when he's hungry and when he wants companionship. The ship delivers food, a dog, a muscular companion, and finally a vivacious woman. The planet is soon populated by squalling children. Adam pushes the button again. The spaceship returns for what is probably the last time: will Adam and Eve get relief?

Release Date:2002-10-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

The World of Bozzetto

Release Date:2002-01-01

Character:Himself

Vote Count:2

Horror

A Bruno Bozzetto Cartoon

Release Date:2001-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Storia del mondo per chi ha fretta

The history of the world for those in a hurry: Bruno Bozzetto shows us that sometimes just a few minutes are enough to tell great stories!

Release Date:2001-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Yes & No

A comedic look at adhering to driving rules.

Release Date:2000-09-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

To Bit or Not To Bit

A man's daily routine falls apart when he comes into contact with a series of tech products.

Release Date:2000-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Tony e Maria

An Animated Short Film by Bruno Bozzetto

Release Date:1999-12-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Europe & Italy

Animated short film that contrasts the singular way of being Italian to the orderly and civilized system from the rest of Europe

Release Date:1999-09-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:10

What a Cartoon!

Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.

Release Date:1995-02-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:21

Help?

A blue cat named Jof accidentally pricks his finger while sewing. He rushes off to the hospital to get his finger examined, only to deal with a doctor and his minions who want to test him for everything except his pricked finger.

Release Date:1995-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:4

Drop

Man appears to be eternally bound to fix things that sooner or later will somehow get broken again. What if one day, by this same law, the universe too began falling apart?

Release Date:1994-10-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Stop That Car!

By making even the smallest changes in our daily lives we can all make a difference.

Release Date:1993-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Heater Cheater

By making even the smallest changes in our daily lives we can all make a difference.

Release Date:1993-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Seeing the Light

By making even the smallest changes in our daily lives we can all make a difference.

Release Date:1993-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Pack It In!

By making even the smallest changes in our daily lives we can all make a difference.

Release Date:1993-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Knot the Tap!

By making even the smallest changes in our daily lives we can all make a difference.

Release Date:1993-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Dancing

A man wearing a colorful hat dances on a small island. All is well until the Grim Reaper appears in a small boat, beckoning the dancer to come with him. Does this mean the end for the dancer's joyous footsteps?

Release Date:1991-09-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:9

Big Bang

Planet Earth has become a gigantic landfill, as a gardener and her husband learn too late.

Release Date:1990-09-21

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:8

Grasshoppers

An animated short by Bruno Bozzetto which condenses the whole of human civilization into 9 minutes, focusing primarily on the human race's predilection for warfare and the vanity of war. It was an Oscar Nominee for Best Animated Short in 1991. Each piece of history is presented as a simple vignette, usually depicting a few simply-drawn characters arguing and making war, over and over again. Generally, a single figure is meant to stand in for an entire group (i.e., a single Caesar-like caricature for the entire line of Roman Emperors). There is very little spoken dialogue; instead, most of the cartoon is accompanied by a bouncy piano-driven score, which frequently changes style to suit the particular historical era. However, the score is all based around a single simple theme, to which it frequently returns in between vignettes.

Release Date:1990-05-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:27

Mistertao

The mountaintop is usually the object and purpose of the trip. But for the small and serene Mr. Tao is a step on his continuing quest, that perhaps will never end.

Release Date:1988-09-20

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:14

Under the Chinese Restaurant

A young man captures the fancy of an inventor's daughter when he passes through a basement door into another dimension.

Release Date:1987-04-14

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:10

Baeus

A small insect falls in love with a distraught housewife whose husband has just walked out on her. The bug is unable to gain her affection until he finds a book of magic spells. But his problems are not over yet.

Release Date:1987-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:13

Hollywood Erotic Film Festival

Ten erotic vignettes from eight different directors.

Release Date:1986-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

IMQ - Cultura della sicurezza

Release Date:1986-01-01

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Eldorado

An Animated Short Film by Bruno Bozzetto

Release Date:1985-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Sigmund

A young boy is transformed as he watches the Olympics on TV.

Release Date:1984-05-16

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:8

Moa Moa

Two lovers are stranded on nearby tropical islands separated by shark-infested waters. How can they get together?

Release Date:1984-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Stripy

Produced for the Italian Swiss Network RTSI, the series consists of several episodes whose protagonist is Stripy, a funny multi-coloured animal resembling a cat by a long snout and by a very contagious laughter. The victim of his jokes is an ugly grumpy and touchy man who at the end of each episode ends up being affected by Stripy’s catchy hysteric laughter.

Release Date:1984-01-01

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:3

Tennis Club

A brief overview of the history of the game of tennis from its origin in "4572 A.C." and follows its development through Roman times, the Age of Chivalry and up to the modern game as played today.

Release Date:1982-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

Mr. Rossi's Vacation

A story about Mr. Rossi and his dog who go on vacation and all the adventures they have, from leading an animal revolt to climbing the Andes, or heading to the beach and being serenaded by strange fish.

Release Date:1981-03-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:9

Lilliput put

Release Date:1980-06-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:2

Sandwich

Italian comedy about a man on a bicycle outing who constructs a monumental sandwich for his lunch. The sandwich lurches out of his hands and leads him on a wild romp through the countryside. He finally catches up with it, high on a mountain top. The surprise ending reveals that the joke is really on him

Release Date:1980-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Visitor

An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.

Release Date:1979-03-14

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

Vote Count:104

Happy Birthday

Live action short by animator Bruno Bozzetto.

Release Date:1979-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Baby Story

A humorous description of how a human baby is conceived and develops in the womb, from fertilization to birth.

Release Date:1978-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:9

Mr. Rossi's Dreams

At the end of another week of work Rossi returns home with the intention of enjoying a quiet and peaceful weekend. He lives with Gastone, his dog-friend,who, after a week of loneliness, can't wait to go out, for instance to the movies, and have fun. Gastone as a matter of fact is a passionate fan of movies, television and heroes' books. He always compares Rossi with them and nags with a petulant : "Rossi, Rossi, if you only were...braver, stronger, richer...". His continuous complaints push Rossi to identify himself with those heroes; throughout the film we will meet Rossi-Tarzan, Rossi-Astronaut, Rossi-Sherlock Holmes, Rossi-Zorro, Rossi-Hollywood actor, Rossi-scientist, Rossi-Lancelot, Rossi-Aladdin. Eight fantastic adventures in which Rossi, along with faithful Gastone, relishes the joy of being a hero.

Release Date:1977-08-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

Striptease

As a live woman performs a striptease, she's cheered on by an audience of small cartoon men. Some of them pop in the excitement as she brings down the house.

Release Date:1977-06-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:11

The Swimming Pool

A Bruno Bozzetto Cartoon

Release Date:1976-12-24

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Allegro non troppo

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers to the film's pessimistic view of Western progress (as opposed to the optimism of Disney's original).

Release Date:1976-03-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:uomo sedia a dondolo

Vote Count:101

Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness

Where? Far from home,from work and his boss, far from city traffic and his alarm clock, far from the monotony of his life... The farthest away possible. Travelling against time, visiting places of other centuries. How? Thanks to a magic whistle given him by "Fairy Sicura" the most nutty, thoughtless, happy fairy still to be seen around. A golden whistle which can catapult him back into prehistory, or in ancient Rome, in Medieval time, on a desert island, in Fairy tale land, in ancient Egypt, in the far West or in the future.With whom? He travels with Gastone, his boss'dog, tiny,naive and a little bit spoiled : after many adventures he will realize how much more valuable a friend is rather than a cream pie. Will he find it? Yes, but not in the past, not in other centuries, full of incredible and miserable adventures for him. Happiness was much closer,at hand's reach. He only had to think about it... Isnt that right, Mr Rossi?

Release Date:1976-03-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

Il Signor Rossi cerca la felicità

Release Date:1976-03-04

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Self Service

Hungry mosquitos, in search of a meal, find that fruit, flowers and other such fare doesn't satisfy. One enterprising bug hits the jackpot - a human! However, the victim vigorously resists joining the food chain, causing a number of winged casualties. The little buggers wait until the man falls asleep, then set up a number of enterprises: cafes, bars, filling stations, all serving blood. Things are going well, but then the mosquito Cosa Nostra moves in, and ramp production into high gear.

Release Date:1974-01-01

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

Vote Count:8

Mr. Rossi in Venice

Mister Rossi goes to Venice.

Release Date:1974-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Opera

Release Date:1973-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

The Beach Hut

An amateur photographer watches a beautiful woman emerge from a beach hut and disappear into the sea.

Release Date:1973-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

Pickles

A animated film that tackles concepts such as pollution, drugs-addiction, war and religion.

Release Date:1971-02-10

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

Vote Count:1

Mr. Rossi at Photo Safari

Mister Rossi goes on a Photo-Safari in Africa.

Release Date:1971-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Mister Rossi at Camping

Mr. Rossi goes camping.

Release Date:1970-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Ego

An “ordinary” man leaves his small, colorless everyday life for a nighttime dream world – a battleground of imaginative graphics. Society’s taboos are visualized in the dreams - sometimes poetic, sometimes erotic and sometimes violent.

Release Date:1969-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

The SuperVips

A satire of modern society or perhaps just a funny tale for children, depending on your age, mood or liking. Recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.

Release Date:1968-10-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:37

Man and his World

By allegory, the film shows the relativity of what surrounds us.

Release Date:1967-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Life in a Tin

From being born until his death, a man spends most of his time "imprisoned" in boxes.

Release Date:1967-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:16

Mister Rossi Buys a Car

Mister Rossi buys a car.

Release Date:1966-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

West and Soda

West and soda is a 1965 traditionally-animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western.

Release Date:1965-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:60

Mister Rossi on the Beach

Mister Rossi goes to the seaside.

Release Date:1964-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

Mr. Rossi Goes Skiing

Mister Rossi goes skiing.

Release Date:1963-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

The Two Castles

Release Date:1963-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

Alfa Omega

A motionless individual in the centre of the frame, from birth to death. The synthesis of human events like nature, religion, love and work take place around him.

Release Date:1962-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

An Award for Mr. Rossi

Mister Rossi wins an Oscar.

Release Date:1960-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Tapum! The History of Weapons

The history of weapons, from the club to the atomic bomb

Release Date:1958-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:5