Toni Pagot
{{Short description|Italian comics artist (1921–2001)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Toni Pagot
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| birth_name = Antonio Pagotto
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1921|12|16}}
| birth_place = Milan
| death_date = {{dda|df=y|2001|7|7|1921|10|31}}
| death_place = Roncello, Province of Monza and Brianza
| occupation = comics artist, animator, writer, cartoonist, director
| years_active = 1938–2001
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Toni Pagot (16 December 1921 – 7 July 2001) was an Italian comic artist, animator, writer, cartoonist and director, most famous as the creator of Calimero and Grisù.
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.{{cite book|last1=Anna Antonini, Chiara Tognolotti|title=Mondi possibili: un viaggio nella storia del cinema d'animazione|publisher=Il principe costante, 2008|isbn=8889645091}} 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.{{cite book|last=Silvio D'Amico|title=Enciclopedia dello spettacolo, Volume 6|publisher=Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975}}{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876055487}} In 1963, the Pagot brothers created their main successful character, the black chick Calimero.{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Il grande libro di Carosello|publisher=Frassinelli, 2004|isbn=8876847855}}{{cite news|last1=Andrea Laffranchi|title=Ora Calimero è anche orfano, addio a Toni Pagot|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/luglio/10/Ora_Calimero_anche_orfano_addio_co_0_0107104168.shtml|accessdate=28 October 2014|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|page=33}} In the 1970s, Pagot turned to work as a comic artist for Il Corriere dei Piccoli, Il Giornalino and Il Corriere dei Ragazzi. He was also co-creator and director of the animated series Grisù.{{cite book|last=Daniel Valentin Simion|title=Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati|publisher=Anton, 2009|isbn=9788890390227}}
His nephew Marco Pagot and niece Gi Pagot{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cartoons-honor-italian-animation-brothers-134193|title=Cartoons honor Italian animation brothers|author=Eric J. Lyman|work=The Hollywood Reporter, April 17, 2017|accessdate=March 27, 2020}} 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
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656555/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Tony Pagot] at IMDb
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Category:Italian comics artists
Category:Italian comics writers
Category:Italian animated film directors
Category:Italian animated film producers
Category:Italian television show creators
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