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Toni Pagot

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Toni Pagot
Born
Antonio Pagotto

(1921-12-16)16 December 1921
Died7 July 2001(2001-07-07) (aged 79)
Occupation(s)comics artist, animator
Years active1938–2001

Toni Pagot (16 December 1921 – 7 July 2001) was an Italian comics artist and animator.

Life and career

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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]

His nephew Marco Pagot and niece Gi Pagot[7] also work in animation. They collaborated in the production of Hayao Miyazaki's Sherlock Hound, and other Italo-Japanese productions including Soccer Fever, Montana Jones, and Reporter Blues.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Anna Antonini, Chiara Tognolotti. Mondi possibili: un viaggio nella storia del cinema d'animazione. Il principe costante, 2008. ISBN 8889645091.
  2. ^ Silvio D'Amico. Enciclopedia dello spettacolo, Volume 6. Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975.
  3. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  4. ^ Marco Giusti. Il grande libro di Carosello. Frassinelli, 2004. ISBN 8876847855.
  5. ^ a b Andrea Laffranchi. "Ora Calimero è anche orfano, addio a Toni Pagot". Corriere della Sera. p. 33. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  6. ^ Daniel Valentin Simion. Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati. Anton, 2009. ISBN 9788890390227.
  7. ^ Eric J. Lyman. "Cartoons honor Italian animation brothers". The Hollywood Reporter, April 17, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
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