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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