Italo Bettiol

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

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

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. "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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