Career
Mancini is best known for creating the character of Chucky, and writing all of the films in the Chucky series. Mancini was also the executive producer of Bride of Chucky, and he directed, Seed of Chucky, as well as the recent installment in Chucky franchise, Curse of Chucky. Along with Michael McDowell and Clive Barker, Mancini is one of the few openly gay writers in the slasher film genre.
He sometimes goes by the pseudonym Kit Du Bois (also spelled Kit Dubois).
Mancini attended Saint Christopher"s School in Richmond, Virginia and Columbia University in New York City.