ABOUT
Roberto is an emerging Costume and Production Designer based in Sydney, Australia.
He is a design graduate of the Masters of Arts program at AFTRS, and also completed a number of years study at the Design Centre Enmore, where he specialised in practical skills for Costume, Set Design, Live Production, Theatre, Graphics, Illustration, and Make-up for screen and stage.
Roberto’s design flair is influenced by bold and colourful, hyper-styled and theatrical story worlds and his love for retro, nostalgia and the fanciful and funny. He has a genuine love for exploring each project’s unique identity and collaborating with other diverse creatives.
Recently, Roberto has been working as part of the costume team for the Stan series Watching You, Bump and the SBS series Four Years Later.
Roberto was the Production and Costume Designer for the short film, live action adaptation of the beloved children's book by Mem Fox Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (2024), which is available to stream on ABC Iview:
Roberto / Robert / Rob Manzini
rmanzini.design@gmail.com
(+61) 401 430 750
selected EXPRESS CV
COSTUME
Costume Assistant
Watching You - upcoming (Stan Original TV series)
Lingo Platinum Productions
Directed by Peter Salmon, Sian Davies
Created by Alexei Mizin, Ryan Van Dijk
Costume Designer: Vanessa Loh
Costume Assistant
Bump Season 5 - upcoming (Stan Original TV series)
Roadshow Rough Diamond.
Directed by Margie Beattie
Created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro
Costume Designer: Caitlin Murray
Costume Assistant
Four Years Later - 2024 (SBS TV series)
Easy Tiger Productions.
Directed by Mohini Herse and Fadia Abboud
Created by Mithila Gupta
Costume Designer: Nina Edwards
Costume Assistant
Prosper - 2024 (Stan Original TV series)
Lingo Pictures. Directed by Jen Leacey and Shaun Wilson
Created by James Cameron and Matt Stephens
Costume Designer: Jan Hurley
Costume Standby
The Red Shoes: The Next Step - 2023 (feature film)
One Tree Productions in association with Uncharted Studios
Directors: Jesse Ahern, Joanne Samuel
Costume Dailies:
Return to Paradise, upcoming (TV series) BBC Studios Australia
North Shore - 2023 (TV series) Beach Road Pictures
Costume Designer / maker
Calypso In The Blackout - 2021 (short film)
AFTRS Masters film
Director: Hattie Archibald, Producer: Marcos Alexiadis, Writer: Anya Beyesdorf
Costume Designer / maker, (Peaches' gown)
Look The Part - 2021 (short film)
Bus Stop Films
Director: Claire Fletcher, Producers: Kristen Hodges, Tracey Corbin Matchett
DESIGN
Production Designer, Costume Designer
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - 2023 (short film)
AFTRS Masters graduating film
Director: Hattie Archibald, Producer: Caleb Irwin, Writer: Jacob Melamed
Production Designer, Costume Designer
Under The Water - 2022 (short film)
AFTRS Masters graduating film
Director: Isabella Andronos,
Producers: Katherine Shearer, Sasha Dyer, Writer: Beck Thompson
Assistant to the Production Designer / Set Dresser
The Duke and the Raja - 2022 (short film)
AFTRS Masters film
Production Designer: Rachael Haines
Director: Oren Lavi, Producer: Ricky James, Farabee Kabir, Writer: Gerard Dewhurst
Co-Production Designer, Costume Designer
Quetta Brown - 2021 (short documentary)
AFTRS Masters film
Director and Producer: Jemma Craig
Co-designer: Eleanor L'Estrange-Stranieri
Production Designer
Pills and Powder Milk - 2021 (short documentary)
Streaming on SBS On Demand until April 2023
Director: Nazareth Alfred, Producer: Ricky James
GRAPHICS
Graphic Designer (post production)
The Disposables - 2023, ABC iview
Directors: Renny Wijeyamohan and Sonia Whiteman
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which I live, work and create. I give my respect and solidarity to all
First Nations Peoples, and to Elders past, present and future. Always was, always will be.