George Donald "Don" Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American writer/director best known for being the creator of the Child's Play franchise. Having been fascinated with horror since his youth, Mancini was inspired by such Creepy Doll media as The Twilight Zone (1959) episode "Living Doll" and Magic. He's written every installment in the franchise to date with the exception of the non-canonical reboot, having also taken up the director's chair starting with Seed of Chucky, and the series has been ongoing in some form or another 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, Black Comedy, and Camp.
Outside of the Child's Play franchise, he's also worked on such projects as Tales from the Crypt and Hannibal.
Filmography:
- Cellar Dweller (Under the Pen Name "Kit Du Bois")
- Child's Play (1988)
- Child's Play 2
- Child's Play 3
- Bride of Chucky
- Seed of Chucky (Directorial debut)
- Curse of Chucky
- Cult of Chucky
