Francesc Xavier Manuel

Francesc Xavier Manuel (1988, la Seu d’Urgell) has been an animation screenwriter and narrative designer for video games since 2009. A graduate in Audiovisual Communication from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, he completed an MFA in Screenwriting at Chapman University with the support of a la Caixa scholarship. While there, he worked for Nickelodeon and Disney Jr. on Goldie & Bear. He has written animated series such as Yo, Elvis Riboldi, Misha la Gata Violeta, Jasmine & Jambo (Quirino Award), and Las Tres Mellizas. He co-wrote the feature film Decorado (Goya 2026 and Paul Grimault Award at Annecy) and Aroa (UniKo), and has collaborated with studios such as Peekaboo Animation and Mago Production. As a narrative designer, he has worked for Alike Studio on titles such as Love You to Bits and Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom. In reality, F. Xavier is just a bunch of cats hiding under a very elegant trench coat: what a purr-fect plot twist...