Gianluigi Toccafondo
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Born:
Jan 01, 1965

Age: 61 Alive

From:
San Marino

Department:
Directing

Total Credits: 33

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Gianluigi Toccafondo

Also known as: Gian Luigi Toccafondo

Biography

Gianluigi Toccafondo was born in 1965 in San Marino, graduated from the Urbino School of Fine Arts, and now lives in Bologna. He is a versatile artist—painter, animator, illustrator, writer, and filmmaker—passionate about graphic art, cinema, and their intersection. In his work, he sets painting in motion through a technique that established him in the 1990s as one of the leading directors of animated cinema: he uses pre-existing images (magazine photos, film stills), which he distorts through photocopying, then reworks with acrylic, pencil, or other media, before re-filming them one by one.

Active since 1989, he is the author of many short animated films presented and awarded at film festivals in Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, and Venice. He has created commercials and jingles for clients such as Sambuca Molinari, Rai, and Fandango; he was assistant director on Gomorra by Matteo Garrone, and created the opening credits for Robin Hood by Ridley Scott. He has also worked as an illustrat...

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