Toni Pagot
Toni Pagot | |
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Born |
Milan | 16 December 1921
Died |
December 16, 2001 80) Roncello, Province of Monza and Brianza | (aged
Occupation | comics artist, animator |
Years active | 1938 - 2001 |
Toni Pagot (16 December 1921 - 7 July 2001) was an Italian comics artist and animator.
Life and career
Born Antonio Pagotto in Milan, in collaboration with his elder brother Nino, Pagot started his career in the fields of comics, animation and advertising.[1] After the Second World War, the two brothers created with The Dynamite Brothers, the first Italian feature-length animated film and the first Italian film in Technicolor.[1][2][3] In 1963, the Pagot brothers created their main successful character, the black chick Calimero.[1][4][5] In the 1970s, Pagot turned to work as a comic artist for Il Corriere dei Piccoli, Il Giornalino and Il Corriere dei Ragazzi.[1][5] He was also co-creator and director of the animated series Grisù.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Anna Antonini, Chiara Tognolotti. Mondi possibili: un viaggio nella storia del cinema d'animazione. Il principe costante, 2008. ISBN 8889645091.
- ↑ Silvio D'Amico. Enciclopedia dello spettacolo, Volume 6. Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975.
- ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ↑ Marco Giusti. Il grande libro di Carosello. Frassinelli, 2004. ISBN 8876847855.
- 1 2 Andrea Laffranchi. "Ora Calimero è anche orfano, addio a Toni Pagot". Corriere della Sera. p. 33. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ Daniel Valentin Simion. Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati. Anton, 2009. ISBN 9788890390227.
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