Achille Manzotti (10 November 1943 – 20 July 2007) was an Italian

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and film producer. Born in

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, after some experiences as a musician, in the 1970s Manzotti moved to

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where he became manager of a number of local comedians. Thanks to the friendship with the actor

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, after becoming his agent he started to produce his films, starting from '' Luna di miele in tre'' (1976). Initially specialized in comedies, from the late 1970s he also produced numerous art films directed by

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, among others. In the 1990s he mainly focused his activities on producing TV-series.

Filmography

* '' Luna di miele in tre'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1976) * '' Ecco noi per esempio...'' (1977) * '' Saxofone'' (1978) * '' Neapolitan Mystery'' (1978) * '' Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi'' (1978) * '' Hot Potato'' (1979) * ''

Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici ''Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici'' (''Against Each Other, Practically Friends'') is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. Cast * Renato Pozzetto as Franco Colombo *Tomas Milian as Quinto Cecioni aka "Er Monnezza" * An ...

'' (1980) * '' Prickly Pears'' (1980) * ''

Nessuno è perfetto ''Nessuno è perfetto'' (''Nobody's Perfect'') is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. The film was a great commercial success, grossing over 10 billion lire at the Italian box office. For her performance Ornella Muti w ...

'' (1981) * '' Porca vacca'' (1982) * '' Cercasi Gesù'' (1982) * '' The Girl from Trieste'', (1982) * '' Un povero ricco'' (1983) * ''

Mani di fata ''Mani di fata'' (''Fairy Hands'') is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. Plot After a sudden dismissal, the engineer Andrea Ferrini, unable to find another job, begins to carry out the household chores. His wife Franca, on the contra ...

'' (1983) * '' Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style'' (1983) * ''

The Story of Piera ''The Story of Piera'' () is a 1983 Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It is based on the by Piera Degli Esposti and Dacia Maraini. Hanna Schygulla won the award for Best Actress at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film s ...

'' (1983) * '' Questo e Quello'' (1983) * '' Il ragazzo di campagna'' (1984) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' The Future Is Woman'' (1984) * ''

È arrivato mio fratello ''È arrivato mio fratello'' ("Here's My Brother") is a 1985 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia. Plot The boring and mundane Professor Ovidio has a twin brother called Raf who, on the contrary is an exuberant, w ...

'' (1985) * '' Light Blast'' (1985) * '' Sogni e bisogni'' (1985) (TV) * ''

Nothing Underneath ''Nothing Underneath'' () is a 1985 Italian '' giallo'' film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Renée Simonsen, Tom Schanley, and Donald Pleasence. The film follows a Yellowstone National Park ranger in Wyoming who travels to Milan to vi ...

'' (1985) * '' The Mass Is Ended'' (1985) * ''

La Bonne ''La Bonne'' (aka "Corruption") is a 1986 erotic romantic drama directed by Salvatore Samperi starring Florence Guerin and Trine Michelsen. Plot The film takes place in Vicenza in 1956. Anna, a beautiful lawyer's wife, feels abandoned by her ...

'' (1986) * '' Da Grande'' (1987) * '' The Invisible Ones'' (1988) * '' Etoile'' (1988) * '' The Witches' Sabbath'' (1988) * '' Too Beautiful to Die'' (1988) * '' Casa mia casa mia...'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1989) * '' Two Evil Eyes'' (1990) * ''

Beyond Darkness ''Beyond Darkness'' () is an Italian horror film written and directed by Claudio Fragasso. Plot A minister and his family move into a new house, without knowing that it was built over the place where twenty witches were burnt at the stake. S ...

'' (1990) * '' Stubborn Fate'' (1992) * ''

All Ladies Do It ''All Ladies Do It'' ( ) is a 1992 Italian sex comedy film directed by Tinto Brass and starring Claudia Koll. It is loosely based on Mozart/da Ponte opera ''Così fan tutte''. Synopsis Diana is a Roman wife happily married to sympathetic Paolo ...

'' (1992) * '' Amico mio'' (1993-8) (TV) * ''

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'' (1997) * '' Un prete tra noi'' (1997) (TV) * '' Mio figlio ha 70 anni'' (1999) (TV) * '' Camici bianchi'' (2001) (TV) * '' Era mio fratello'' (2007) (TV)

References

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* 1943 births 2007 deaths Italian film producers People from the Province of Bergamo {{film-producer-stub