
Person
Mario Addis
Visual Effects
Biography
Mario Addis, born in Tempio Pausania, Sardinia, started working in 1984 as an animator in Michel Fuzellier and Giovanni Ferrari’s studio. In 1989, he founded the production studio Gertie together with Franco Serra and started working as a producer and director. He directed several commercials, TV theme songs and video clips (he devised the opening credits of ‘Mostro’ by Roberto Benigni and the first video clip of ‘Voglia Di Gridare’ by Daniele Silvestri, an Italian singer). In 1999, Oreste Del Buono, director of Linus magazine, published his series on the vampire ‘Alef’, which ran for more than a year. As an animator, he works with talented directors, such as Maurizio Nichetti, Dario Fo, Giulio Cingoli, Enzo D’Alò and Roberto Benigni. With his animated works, he takes part in foreign productions, such as ‘The Fever’ by HBO, a film directed by Gabriel Carlo Nero, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Angelina Jolie. He was in charge of the technical direction and supervision of the storyboard and backgrounds, the Lay-Outs and animation, and the colouring and compositing of the 26 episodes of the series ‘Adrian’, by Adriano Celentano, produced by Clan and Mediaset. In 2015, he was awarded an Honorary Degree from the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema. His latest works, which he created and directed, were ‘Robin Hood, raccontato da Veronica Pivetti’ (Robin Hood told by Veronica Pivetti), a one-hour TV movie, co-produced by Rai and Progetto Immagine, and ‘Pene e Cruditè’ (Pain and Crudités), a self-produced, three-minute short film.
Known for

Food Wizards
Creator

The Monster
Opening/Ending Animation

Momo
Storyboard Artist

Lucky and Zorba
Animation

Bar Sport
Storyboard Artist

Magic Lessons - The Red Clover
Character Designer

Vasco e Viola
Animation

Heartbeat
Creator

Carlo
Animation

La materia
Director
Filmography
- 2022Food WizardsCreator
- 2018Vasco e ViolaAnimation
- 2018Ego palloni gonfiatiDirector
- 2016CarloAnimation
- 2014Nude and CrudeCreator
- 2011Bar SportStoryboard Artist
- 2011Casse rurali trentineCreator
- 2008Fornarina Urban BeautyDirector
- 2006Magic Lessons - The Red CloverCharacter Designer
- 2001MomoStoryboard Artist
- 1999La materiaDirector
- 1999HeartbeatCreator
- 1998Lucky and ZorbaAnimation
- 1994The Hero of Two WorldsAnimation
- 1994The MonsterOpening/Ending Animation
- 1994GianoDirector
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