Bruno Bozzetto

Bruno Bozzetto born 3 March 1938 in Milan Italy is an Italian cartoon animator creator of many short pieces mainly of apolitical or satirical nature He created his first animated short Tapum the weapons story in 1958 at the age of 20 His most famous character a hapless little man named Signor Rossi Mr Rossi has been featured in many animated shorts as well as starring in three feature films Mr Rossi Looks for Happiness 1976 Mr Rossis Dreams 1977 and Mr Rossis Vacation 1977