Manuel García Ferré (8 October 1929 – 28 March 2013) was a

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animation director and cartoonist.

Biography

García Ferré was born in

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, in 1929. He arrived in

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in 1947, and worked for advertising agencies while studying architecture. In 1952 his character Pi Pío was accepted and published by the important magazine ''

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''. In 1964 he created '' Anteojito'', a children's magazine which at its height in the 1970s, had a circulation of 300,000 copies. As director of his own animation studio, García Ferré created numerous animated TV series and films. The most influential of these was ''

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'', aired between 1967 and 1974 on Channel 13. The first

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in Argentina, ''Hijitus'' was also aired elsewhere in the region and became the most successful television series of its kind in Latin America. He managed ''Anteojito'' magazine until its last issue in 2002, and from 1985 to 2007 he was editor of another publication, ''Muy Interesante''. García Ferré was declared an Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires by the

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in 2009.

Films

*'' Mil intentos y un invento'' (September 14, 1972) - writer, director *'' Trapito'' (July 17, 1975) - writer, director *'' Ico, el caballito valiente'' (July 9, 1987) - writer, director *'' Manuelita'' (July 8, 1999) - writer, director *''Corazón, las alegrías de Pantriste'' (July 6, 2000) - writer, director *'' Soledad y Larguirucho'' (July 5, 2012) - writer, director

References

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García Ferré's Comics
(Spanish) 1929 births 2013 deaths People from Almería Spanish emigrants to Argentina Argentine animators Argentine comics writers Argentine comics artists Argentine animated film directors Argentine animated film producers Illustrious Citizens of Buenos Aires Naturalized citizens of Argentina {{Animator-stub

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