Toni Pagot

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

Toni Pagot
Born(1921-12-16)16 December 1921
Milan
Died7 July 2001(2001-07-07) (aged 79)
Roncello, Province of Monza and Brianza
Occupationcomics artist, animator
Years active1938 - 2001

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]

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

References
  1. 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. 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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