Roberto Marchionni (September 23, 1965), known by his pen name Menotti, is an
Italian comic book artist
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and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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. He started his career in
Bologna
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during the early 1980s and was published in ''
Frigidaire'', ''
Cyborg'', ''
Comic Art
''Comic Art'' was a magazine, founded and edited by Todd Hignite, which surveyed newspaper comic strips, magazine cartoon panels and comic book art, both historical and contemporary.
History and profile
''Comic Art'' was established in 2002. Th ...
'' and ''
Blue
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''. By the end of the 1990s he moved to
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, where he worked as a
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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on several Italian
TV series
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, such as ''
Un posto al sole'', ''
Incantesimo
Incantesimo (English translation: "Enchantment") is a long-running Italian drama series, originally broadcast on the RAI network from 1998 to 2008. It is mainly set in a hospital called ''Clinica Life'' in Rome, Italy, and revolves around the liv ...
'', ''
La squadra
''La squadra'' is an Italian police television series.
See also
*List of Italian television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Italy:
#
*1992
*1993
*1994
* 48 ore
* 7 vite
A
* Adrian (TV series)
* Al di là ...
'', ''
7 vite''. He co-wrote ''
They Call Me Jeeg'', an Italian superhero film,
nominated for best screenplay at the
David di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...
Award 2016.
References
External links
Menottiat Lambiek Comiclopedia
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Menottiat Writers Guild Italia
Menotti official website
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1965 births
Living people