FrancescoMariotti.
Event & Education Consultant in Entertainment Area

Management and Organization

2025. Organization, Management, Sales Network & Marketing of the EXTRA TOUR by Artis & IED Firenze - Firenze, Verona, Milano, Roma.
Meetings, Talks, Classes, Screenings, and much more with the legendary charcater designer Carlos Grangel, for the 20th anniversary of "Corpse Bride" movie.

The project includes:

• Life Drawing Session at Palazzo Vecchio - Florence.

• Special Film Screenings of "Corpse Bride" at Cinema Giunti Odeon - Florence, Casa del Cinema - Rome, Anteo City Life - Milan, Cinema Teatro Italia - Florence.

• Character Design Masterclasses at: Istituto Design Palladio - Verona, Casa del Cinema - Rome, IED Florence.

• Talk with Animation Studios at Cinema La Compagnia - Florence.

• Meetings with Production and Animation Studios at DogHead Animation - Florence, RedMonk Studio - Milan, Movimenti Production - Milan.

• Exhibition of "The Arts of Grangel Studio" at IED Florence.

In collaboration with IED Firenze, The Sign Academy, ACCA Academy, Scuola Internazionale di Comics Firenze, Istituti Design Palladio, DogHead Animation, Movimenti Production, RedMonk Studio, Nora Studio, Gianluca Folì, Bedarumica, MUSE Firenze.

2024. Project Manager for Lucca Crea, Lucca , Milano.
Organization of project activities and exhibition in Milan "Amano Corpus Animæ, the art of Yoshitaka Amano, the visionary Master between Anime and Videogames" of the Maestro Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy), guest of honor at Lucca Comics & Games 2024.

• Design of Kickstarter in collaboration with Renato Franchi (Production Manager).

• Production and Design of the monographic Artbook in collaboration with Barbara Gozzi (Editor).

• Design and production of the merchandising.

• Design and setting up of the monographic pavilion of Yoshitaka Amano in p.zza San Michele during Lucca Comics & Games 2024 festival. In collaboration with Jacopo Croci (Architect) and Renato Franchi (Production Manager). 

• Design and production of the Limited edition portfolio "Amano Anima Visio"  with the illustrations of Peach Momoko, Justine Jones, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Paolo Barbieri & Carmine di Giandomenico in collaboration with Renato Franchi (Production Manager).

• General coordination for the exhibition "Amano Corpus Animæ" in Milan at Fabbrica del Vapore in collaboration with Comune di Milano (Co-production) and Poli.Design - by Politecnico di Milano (Exhibition Design). Art direction by Emanuele Vietina, curated by Fabio Viola.

All activities were carried out in collaboration and under the supervision of the Direction and the Production Teams of Lucca Crea.
2000>2023. Educational Direction and logistics, Coordination of teachers, professionals and students - Nemo Academy. Florence.

2000>2023. Management and logistics of Workshops, Masterclasses & Talks with over 50 international Artists - Nemo Academy. Florence.

2013>2017. Organization and local management of Bobby Chiu's Schoolism Live Workshops with 20 international Artists in the Italian editions in Florence.
2013>2017. Logistics of the Masterclasses of Creative Station, brand of Okubo Station, Florence.

2015. Curator and Production Manager of the Karl Gnass exhibition (Trainer for Disney & Pixar Studio) at the Gipsoteca di Porta Romana, Florence.

2021. Co-creator and Promoter of the exhibition "Anima Firenze, the magic of animation, from Snow White to Jeeg Robot", at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence.

2008>2023. Producer and Promoter with Nemo Academy of the Exhibitions of:
WOW! Animazione in mostra, Masami Suda, Sergio Toppi, Hanna & Barbera, The Tree Tooners (Willie Ito, Jerry Eisemberg, Tony Benedict - Disney & H&B legends), Andreas Deja, Sandro Cleuzo, John Nevarez, Stephen Silver, Florian Satzinger.

Teaching

2024>2035. IED - Istituto Europeo di Design, Florence, Italy.

“3D skills for illustrators with Blender”

in the “Illustration” course. English language course recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education MIM.

2000>2023. Nemo Academy, Florence, Italy.

Visual development, Digital painting and Color script in the Concept art, Game art and E-design courses.

Production design, Direction and Layout & composition in the Animation course.
1998>2000. Scuola Internazionale di Comics, Florence, Italy.

Drawing approach for illustrators, Digital illustration in the Illustration courses.

The animation principles, Cartoon Anathomy, Layout & Background, Digital Animation Cel with TOONZ in the Animation course.

Publications

2024. Production & Project Manager of"Amano Corpus Animæ, the art of Yoshitaka Amano, the visionary Master between Anime and Videogames"
Monographic artbook of the Maestro Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy), edited and published by Lucca Crea (Lucca Comics & Games 2024).

2008>2016. Editor and Producer of the artbooks published by La città delle nuvole / Nemo Academy:
Florian Satzinger, Stephen Silver, John Nevarez, Tom Bancroft, Tony Bancroft, Andreas Deja, Sandro Cleuzo, JP Vine, Yoichi Kotabe, Bobby Chiu & Kei Acedera, Wouter Tulp.
2016. Production Manager, Editor and Producer of the of the artbook "OverLuk, fantasy illustration annual"  
in collaboration with Lucca Crea, published by La città delle nuvole / Nemo Academy.

Production

2016>2023. Direction, Production Designer, Supervisor, Production manager for ANIMANDO shorts.
in the 5 animated short films in 2D full frame animation for the Animando project with the collaboration of selected students of Nemo Academy and the Artists:
Tom Bancroft, Sandro Cleuzo, John Nevarez, John Pomeroy, Carlos Grangel, Gianluca Folì, Esther Morales, Alarico Ciaramelli, JP Vine and Tony Tarantini.

2021. Producer & Art Direction for "Korea Film Fest 2021 Opening" 2D animation
Official 30-second opening sequence for the presentation of the Korea Film Fest 2021 in Florence. Created in collaboration with some current and former students of Nemo Academy. 

Other activities

2021. Technical consultancy for "The Withches seed"
Musical produced by Tones in the Stones and starring Irene Grandi, Maddalena Calderoni with music by Stewart Copeland and visuals by Edvige Faini.
In collaboration with Pier Marco Filippi.

2021>2023. Interview talks and podcasts
with professionals from the European studios:
Boulder media, Ninja Theory, Brown Bag, Cartoon Saloon, Lighthouse Studios, Netflix, Rare, Unit, Skydance Animation, Gutsy Animation, Tomavision, In2Real and editorial illustrators including Marco Leoni and Katya Longhi for the NexT NEMO podcast.

Artists I've worked with for Events, Masterclasses & Workshops

2025. Guests of ARTIS for EXTRA tour & IED Firenze
Carlos Grangel - Character Designer - Dreamworks, Amblin Entertainment, Sony, Locksmith, Tim Burton e Guillermo del Toro (La sposa cadavere, Pinocchio)

2024. Guests of LUCCA CREA for Lucca Comics & Games festival
Yoshitaka Amano - Character Design Legend of Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D, The Sandman.

2004>2023. Guests of NEMO ACADEMY for Workshop, Masterclasses and talks

Don Bluth & Gary Goldman - Director, Animator & Producers - Sullivan Bluth Studio, Fox, Disney
Isao Takahata - Director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli (Kaguya hime)
Eric Goldberg & Susan Goldberg - Animation Legend & Art Director - Disney
Carlos Grangel - Character Designer - Dreamworks, Amblin Entertainment, Sony, Locksmith, Tim Burton e Guillermo del Toro (La sposa cadavere, Pinocchio)
Bobby Chiu & Kei Acedera - Concept Artist - Imaginism Studios, Disney, Dreamworks
Andreas Deja - Animation Legend - Disney - Disney Legend
Tomm Moore - Director - Cartoon Saloon (Song of the sea, Wolfwalkers, il popolo dei lupi)
Yoichi Kotabe - Animator - Nintendo, Toei Animation, Nippon Animation
Masami Suda - Character Design - Tatsunoko, Toei Animation (Hokuto no Ken)
John Canemaker - Director & Animator, Animation historian, Teacher, and Author
Sandro Cleuzo - Character Designer & Animator - Disney, Dreamworks, Laika, Duncan Studio - Annie Award 2019
Mark Henn - Character Designer & Animator - Disney - Disney Legend (La sirenetta)
Tom Bancroft - Character Designer & Animator - Disney (The Lion king, Mulan)
Tony Bancroft - Director & Animator - Disney (Mulan)
John Pomeroy - Director & Animator - Disney, Sullivan Bluth Studio
Bruno Bozzetto - Director & Genio! - Studio Bozzetto
Willie Ito - Animator & Art Director - Hanna & barbera Studios, Disney (Lady & the trump)
Tony Benedict - Writer - Hanna & barbera Studios (The Jetsons)
Jerry Eisenberg - Character Designer - Hanna & barbera Studios (The Flintstones)
Kazuhide Tomonaga - Director & Animator - Telecom Movie (Lupin the 3rd)
Takashi Namiki - Director & Producer - Oh Production!, ANIDO
Hisashi Kagawa - Character Design & Animator (Pokemon, One Piece)
Victor Navone - Animation supervisor - Pixar
Karl Gnass - Master of Life Drawing, Figure Artist, Training Teacher for Production Studio
Colin Chilvers - Special FX -  Oscar (Academy Award) for "Superman" (1978)
Theodore Thomas - Director - Disney
Kuniko Okubo - Producer - Disney
Fabrizio Mancinelli - Composer - Conductor of “Green Book”
Aurelien Predal - Production Designer - Dreamworks, Illumination Mac Guff, Sony, Locksmith
J.P. Vine - Director & Storyboard Artist - Locksmith, Pixar, Aardman Studio (Director of Ron Goes Wrong)
John Nevarez - Layout & Story Artist - Pixar, Illumination Mac Guff, Disney
Terryl Whitlatch - Creature Designer - Lucas film (Star Wars)
Alex Orrelle - Director & Animator - Warner Bros, Pixar
Florian Satzinger - Character Designer & Comic Artists - Disney, Ankama
Robin Alan Linn - Recruiter - Activision Blizzard, Netflix, Reel FX, Sony Image Picture, Hanna Barbera Studios
Stephen Silver - Character Designer & Recruiter - Disney, Nickelodeon (Kim Possible)
Lindsey Olivares - Visual Developer, Annie award winner - Sony Image Pictures, Dreamworks (The Mitchells vs the machines)
Liron Topaz - Character Animator - Dreamworks
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio - Creative consultation fon independent animated content
Moby Francke - Concept Artist for Video Game - Epic Games, Riot Games (Fortnite, League of legends)
Peter Emmerich - Production Designer - Disney
Armand Baltazar - Production Designer - Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks (Autore di Timeless)
Stephan Martinière - Concept Artist - (I Robot, The Guardians of Galaxy vol.1, Venom, Foundation)
John Harris - Traditional illustrator - Cover of science & fiction books, NASA
Ernie Gilbert - Art Director, Annie & Emmy Award winner for music and animation - Nickelodeon (The fairly odd parents)
Gianluca Folì - Illustrator - Epson, The New Yorker, Lonely planet, Max Mara
Nicola Saviori - Concept Artist & Illustrator - Ankama Games, Blizzard Activision, Riot Games
Davide Calì - Writer & Author - author of hundreds of books in Italy, France and the United States
Daniele "Danko" Angelozzi - 3D artist, Characters modeller for prototype

2013>2017. Guests of SCHOOLISM Live Workshop in Florence
Peter De Sève - Illustrator & Character Designer - The New Yorker, Disney/Pixar, Blu Sky (Ice Age)
Marcelo Vignali - Production Designer - Disney, Sony Imageworks (Hotel Transylvania)
Nathan Fowkes - Visual Artist - DreamWorks, Disney, Blue Sky and Paramount Animation
Terryl Whitlatch - Creature Designer - Lucas film (Star Wars)
Louis Gonzales - Storyboard Artist supervisor - Pixar (Brave)
Anthony Jones - Concept Artist - Blizzard, Sony, Paramount Pictures, Hasbro
Paul Lasaine - Concept Artist, Art Director, Production Designer - Dreamworks, Laika (The Lord of the Rings)
Daniel Arriaga - Character Designer - Pixar (Coco)
Jesper Ejsing - Illustrator - Magic the gathering, Hearthstone, Warcraft
Claire Wendling - Illustrator & Comic Author - "Artist of the Future" prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
Karla Ortiz - Concept Artist - Wizards of the Coast, ILM, Marvel (Dr. Strange)
Christian Alzmann - Art Director & Concept Artist - ILM (The Mandalorian)
Crash McCreery - Creature & Character Design - ILM (Jurassic Park, Terminator, The Pirates of Caribbean)
Phillip Boutte Jr. - Concept Artist & Costume Designer - Marvel (Black Panther)
Christophe Lautrette - Production Designer - Dreamworks (The Croods)
Loish - Illustrator & Concept Artist - Blizzard, Guerrilla Games, Lego, Pigmental Studios (Horizon Zero Dawn)
Kevin O’Brien - Storyboard Artist - Pixar
Andrea Blasich - Sculptor - Pixar, Warner Bros, Sony, Tonko House, Lucas Film
David Levy - Production Design & Concept Artist - Warner, Lucas film (Star Wars, Prometheus)

2016>2019.  Guests of OKUBO STATION for "Creative Station" Project
Zoe Persico - Childrens books Illustrator
Julia Sardà - Childrens books Illustrator
Steve Simposon - Illustrator, packaging designer, whimsical characters designer and illustrated barcodes designer
Peter Emmerich - Production Design for Disney & DreamWorks