The two artists met at the end of the fifties and went on to form one of the most interesting and original collaborations in the world of animation. Together they created some of the masterpieces of animation cinema, among them the short films La Gazza Ladra and Pulcinella which were both nominated for an Oscar, L'Italiana in Algeri, produced for the centenary of Gioachino Rossini's death, the medium-length film Il Flauto Magico, a series of fairy tales for Televisione Svizzera Italiana, Turandot and L'Augellin Belverde for RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana, all the animations in La Casa dei Suoni, produced by Sony on Claudio Abbado's life, plus opening credits and short videos.

Giulio Gianini was born in Rome on February 9, 1927. He has worked as photography director in both films and documentaries, dedicating special attention to films about art – among them a documentary on Pablo Picasso and one on Calder. From the sixties Giulio Gianini has worked on animations and, besides collaborating with Luzzatti, has collaborated with Michel Folon and Leo Lionni. Until 1999, as the dean of Italian animators, Gianini has been the director of the Animation Department of The Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome. He is a member of Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.

Emanuele Luzzati was born in Genoa in 1921. In 1940, for racial reason, he moved to Lausanne where he studied and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts. At the end of the war he returned to Italy and started working as a set designer, alternating this activity with those as an illustrator, decorator, ceramist, etc. In the fifties Luzzatti was very active in theater and collaborated with all the most important theater groups and with the theaters of many Italian cities. Luzzati also worked abroad, but whenever he had time, he would always go back to the Teatro della Tosse he founded. Besides the very numerous awards received for the animations he has realized with Gianini, Luzzatti has received important recognitions in the field of theater. The University of Genoa has given him a Laurea Honoris Causa, and he is a member of Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.

(Original Text Written in Italian)