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[[caption-width-right:350:Just a good guy and his Good Guy.]]

George Donald "Don" Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American writer/director best known for being the creator of the ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' franchise. Having been fascinated with horror since his youth, Mancini was inspired by such CreepyDoll media as ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E6LivingDoll Living Doll]]" and ''Film/{{Magic}}''. He's written every installment in the franchise to date with the exception of the non-canonical [[Film/ChildsPlay2019 reboot]], having also taken up the director's chair starting with ''Film/SeedOfChucky'', and the series has been ongoing in some form or another [[LongRunners since 1988]].

Mancini is openly gay and in the later entries of the franchise has gone out of his way to use the series to commentate on and give representation to LGBT+ individuals while never veering too far away from the original premise of blood, BlackComedy, and {{Camp}}.

Outside of the ''Child's Play'' franchise, he's also worked on such projects as ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' and ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''.

!!Filmography:
* ''Cellar Dweller'' (Under the PenName "Kit Du Bois")
* ''Film/ChildsPlay1988''
* ''Film/ChildsPlay2''
* ''Film/ChildsPlay3''
* ''Film/BrideOfChucky''
* ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' (Directorial debut)
* ''Film/CurseOfChucky''
* ''Film/CultOfChucky''

!!Television:
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''
* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''
* ''Series/ChannelZero''
* ''Series/{{Chucky}}''