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'''Serge Danot''' (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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Danot died in 1990. <ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/workers-install-the-iron-grave-of-the-family-of-serge-danot-news-photo/154744119 "The grave of Serge Danot"] Accessed 1 September 2016</ref> |
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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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