Matteo was born in sunny Florence Italy, and has been part of the animation industry for the past 20 years.
He started as storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network (Ed,Edd and Eddy), before moving on to traditional animation and later becoming a CG animator. While in videogames he worked at Ubisoft (Prince of Persia, Rayman games) and for Bungie (Halo 3 and Halo Reach). In TV he worked at Lucasfilm on "Star Wars the Clone Wars", and his credits on feature films and VFX movies include "Mune" at Mikros and "Transformers 4" for ILM, among others.
As Animation Director he's worked on the first season of "Vampirina" for Disney Jr., and the "Marvel What If..." series for Marvel Studios.
As a Director, he's worked on 2D music videos, commercials for videogames such a "Forge of Empires", and episodes of Vampirina Season 2.
Matteo routinely teaches animation all over Europe, most recently at "The Animation Workshop" in Viborg, Denmark.
He’s been nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2018 for his Animation Direction work on Vampirina and the pitch for his original short film won second place at the "Cartoons on the Bay" festival in 2019.
He's currently working on his own short film. In his spare time, Matteo writes short stories and tries to stay off Reddit.
Work History
episodic director
Omens Studios
February 2022 - February 2023
Singapore
Animation Supervisor
Submarine
November 2020 - August 2021
Amsterdam
Animation Director
Squeeze Studio
January 2020 - November 2020
Montréal, Canada
Director
Parasol Island
July 2019 - September 2019
Düsseldorf
animation teacher
The animation Workshop
March 2019 - May 2019
Viborg, Denmark
Episode Director/ Animation Director
Brown bag films
March 2017 - May 2018
Ireland
Animation Director
Brown bag films
March 2016 - March 2017
Character Animator
MPC
September 2014 - February 2016
Vancouver, Canada Area
Animator
Framestore
March 2015 - May 2015
London, United Kingdom
Animator
Industrial Light & Magic
May 2014 - May 2014
One-month contract on "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction."