Italo Bettiol
Born(1926-07-31)31 July 1926
Trieste, Italy
Died28 December 2022(2022-12-28) (aged 96)
Aniane, France
NationalityItalian
French
OccupationFilm director

Italo Bettiol (31 July 1926 – 28 December 2022) was an Italian-French film director.[1]

Biography

Bettiol left Italy in 1947 with his brother, Stefano, and emigrated to France in hopes of becoming a painter.[2] Alongside their friend, Stefano Lonati, the trio began working in film animation, notably creating advertisements with puppets produced by "Les Cinéastes associés" in the 1950s. He became a specialist in stop motion. He gained notoriety through animated television series, working alongside Lonati in the series Pépin la bulle and Chapi Chapo.[3]

In 1968, Bettiol founded the animation studio Bélokapi alongside Lonati, Michel Karlof, and Nicole Pichon.[3] After his retirement, he worked on gadgets in his workshop with his wife, Françoise.[4]

Italo Bettiol died in Aniane on 28 December 2022, at the age of 96.[5] His death was announced by the Société Magic.[6]

Filmography

Screenwriter

  • Albert et Barnabé
  • Chapi Chapo
  • Le Jardinier Antoine
  • Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame[7]
  • Les Engrenages
  • Les Kanapoutz
  • Les Viratatoums
  • Trajectoires
  • Variations

Director

  • Chapi Chapo
  • Les Engrenages
  • Les Viratatoums
  • Pépin la bulle

References

  1. ↑ Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015). Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-317-51991-1.
  2. ↑ "Italo Bettiol". Planète Jeunesse (in French).
  3. 1 2 "Italo Bettiol, le créateur de la série " Chapi Chapo " est mort". 20 minutes (in French). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Italo Bettiol, le créateur de " Chapi Chapo ", est décédé à l'âge de 96 ans". Maville (in French). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Mouillot, Jérôme (28 December 2022). "Italo Bettiol, créateur de Chapi Chapo, s'est éteint ce mercredi, dans sa maison d'Aniane, à l'âge de 96 ans". Midi Libre (in French). Gignac. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Le créateur de " Chapi Chapo ", Italo Bettiol, est mort à l'âge de 96 ans". Le Monde (in French). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame - 1967". CINEFICHES (in French).
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