Giannalberto Bendazzi

Giannalberto Bendazzi is a film critic and historian, who has been studying animation since age 19 (he is now 69). He wrote many books on this subject, the best-known being Cartoons, a world history published in many languages. Now available is his masterpiece Animation – A World History (in English), an encyclopaedic history in three volumes, 1456 pages.
Giannalberto Bendazzi wrote books on live-action cinema, too: on Woody Allen and Mel Brooks.