Don Mancini
Mancini at the 2024WonderCon
Born	George Donald Mancini[1] (1963-01-25)January 25, 1963 (age 62)
Other names	Kit Du Bois Donald G. Mancini[2]
Education	St. Christopher's School
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Columbia University
Occupations	Screenwriter director producer
Years active	1988–present

George Donald Mancini (born January 25, 1963)^[2] is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating and writing theChild's Play franchise (1988–present).

Having been a horror fan since his childhood, Mancini's inspiration forChild's Play were films likeTrilogy of Terror andThe Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll"; aware of the "killer doll" as a horror trope, Mancini realized that the concept had never been executed as a feature-length film with animatronic effects work. As a film student atUCLA in the mid-1980s, Mancini was amused by the popularity of theCabbage Patch Kids line of dolls, 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 ofChild's Play (1988).^[3][4]

Mancini wrote all seven films in the originalChild's Play film series, and was the executive producer ofBride of Chucky andCult of Chucky. He began directingChild's Play franchise entries withSeed of Chucky (2004), followed byCurse of Chucky (2013) andCult (2017), and was the creator, writer, and director of theChucky TV series.^[5] He was not involved withthe 2019 reboot.^[4]

In 2007, he won the EyeGore award for career contributions to the horror genre. He sometimes goes by thepseudonymKit Dubois. Mancini attendedSt. Christopher's School inRichmond, Virginia,University of California inLos Angeles, andColumbia University (Brad Dourif was among his teachers^[6]) inNew York City.^[7][8][3]

Mancini grew up inRichmond, Virginia. He attended theUniversity of California, Los Angeles, studying film.^[9] He isgay.^[10][11][12] He has described consciously incorporatingqueer elements into theChild's Play films;^[11] his experiences as a gay man, including receiving bullying and abuse from his father because of it, informed Mancini's creative direction on theChucky TV series, which features a gay protagonist.^[11]

• Don Mancini atIMDb
• Campblood.org Interview with Don ManciniArchived October 5, 2006, at theWayback Machine

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