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'''Serge Danot''' (7 February 1931 |
'''Serge Danot''' (7 February 1931 – 23 December 1990)<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Serge Danot - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x64j1v |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=18 December 2022 |language= |date=}}</ref> was a French animator and former advertising executive. He is best known for creating the animated series, ''[[Le Manège enchanté]]'' in 1964, which became known in its 1965 English-language version, written and narrated by actor [[Eric Thompson]] for the BBC as ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindrea |first=Victoria |date=12 October 2004 |title=Magic Roundabout's French connection |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3736250.stm/ |url-status=dead |access-date=28 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051116075448/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3736250.stm/ |archive-date=16 November 2005}}</ref> |
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Danot was born in [[Nantes]], France. As a young artist, he worked on the restoration of the [[Eiffel Tower]] and suffered an injury; while recuperating, he began practising animation. In 1969, he established his own company, called Danot Films.<ref name="Rège2009">{{cite book|author=Philippe Rège|title=Encyclopedia of French Film Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud2-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA281|date=11 December 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6939-4|pages=281}}</ref> His partner in making ''The Magic Roundabout'' was a half-French, half-British animator, [[Ivor Wood]]. |
Danot was born in [[Nantes]], France. As a young artist, he worked on the restoration of the [[Eiffel Tower]] and suffered an injury; while recuperating, he began practising animation. In 1969, he established his own company, called Danot Films.<ref name="Rège2009">{{cite book|author=Philippe Rège|title=Encyclopedia of French Film Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud2-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA281|date=11 December 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6939-4|pages=281}}</ref> His partner in making ''The Magic Roundabout'' was a half-French, half-British animator, [[Ivor Wood]]. |
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Danot died in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 December 1991 |title=Just Magic |page=29 |work=The Perthshire Advertiser}}</ref> |
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALEXANDRA TURCAT Workers install the "iron grave" ("fer tombal" in French) of the family of Serge Danot who died in 1990 and was the creator of the French television programme "The Magic Roundabout" ("Le Manege enchante" in French), on October 25, 2012 in Nantes, in western France. Made in steel, then varnished in the French region of Vendee, this new kind of sepulture made by French company Funeralconcept, run by Freddy Pinault, allows to personalize a grave. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP) (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images) |url=https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/workers-install-the-iron-grave-of-the-family-of-serge-danot-news-photo/154744119 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Getty Images |language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 18 December 2022
Serge Danot (7 February 1931 – 23 December 1990)[1] was a French animator and former advertising executive. He is best known for creating the animated series, Le Manège enchanté in 1964, which became known in its 1965 English-language version, written and narrated by actor Eric Thompson for the BBC as The Magic Roundabout.[2]
Danot was born in Nantes, France. As a young artist, he worked on the restoration of the Eiffel Tower and suffered an injury; while recuperating, he began practising animation. In 1969, he established his own company, called Danot Films.[3] His partner in making The Magic Roundabout was a half-French, half-British animator, Ivor Wood.
Danot died in 1990.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Serge Danot - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ Lindrea, Victoria (12 October 2004). "Magic Roundabout's French connection". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2005. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ Philippe Rège (11 December 2009). Encyclopedia of French Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8108-6939-4.
- ^ "Just Magic". The Perthshire Advertiser. 24 December 1991. p. 29.
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