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

Life and career

Born Antonio Pagotto in

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, in collaboration with his elder brother Nino, Pagot started his career in the fields of comics, animation and advertising. After the

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, the two brothers created with ''

The Dynamite Brothers ''I fratelli Dinamite'' (internationally released as ''The Dynamite Brothers'') is a 1949 Italian animation film directed by Nino and Toni Pagot. It is considered the first Italian feature-length animated film and the first Italian film in Tech ...

'', the first Italian feature-length animated film and the first Italian film in

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. In 1963, the Pagot brothers created their main successful character, the black chick Calimero. In the 1970s, Pagot turned to work as a comic artist for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Il Corriere dei Ragazzi The ''Corriere dei Piccoli'' (Italian for "Courier of the Little Ones"), later nicknamed ''Corrierino'' ("Little Courier"), was a weekly magazine for children published in Italy from 1908 to 1995. It was the first Italian periodical to make a r ...

''. He was also co-creator and director of the animated series ''

Grisù ''Grisù il draghetto'' is an animated Italian television series whose title character is ''Grisù'', a dragon. The character was created by the Italian brothers Nino and Toni Pagot (best known as the creators of Calimero). It first appeared i ...

''. His nephew Marco Pagot and niece Gi Pagot also work in animation. They collaborated in the production of

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's ''

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'', and other Italo-Japanese productions including '' Soccer Fever'', ''

Montana Jones is a Japanese comedy adventure anime television series produced by Studio Junio and which was broadcast in Japan on NHK from April 2, 1994 through April 8, 1995. ''Montana Jones'' has a similar atmosphere to ''Sherlock Hound'', a joint produc ...

'', and ''

Reporter Blues is an Italian-Japanese animation television series written by Marco Pagot and Gi Pagot and directed by Kenji Kodama. It consists of 52 half-hour episodes. The first season was aired in France in 1991. The second season was aired in 1996. Th ...

''.

References

External links

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Italian comics artists Italian comics writers 1921 births 2001 deaths Artists from Milan Italian animators Italian animated film directors Italian animated film producers Writers from Milan {{Europe-comics-creator-stub