Enzo D'Alò (born 7 September 1953) is an Italian animator and director.

Life and career

Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, D'Alò moved to

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...

in 1979 and there he started his career as animator working with the group "La Lanterna Magica". In 1983 he debuted as director of animated shorts, and in 1991 he was chosen to direct the TV-series ''Pimpa'', based on the comic character with the same name. After his feature film debut with ''

La freccia azzurra ''How the Toys Saved Christmas'' is a 1996 Italian animated film directed by Enzo D'Alò, based on a tale by Gianni Rodari. In the original version, the story took place during the Epiphany Eve, because in the Folklore of Italy the Befana is a ...

'', D'Alò got a large audience success and critical acclaim with his second work, '' Lucky and Zorba''.

Filmography

*'' Pimpa'' (TV, 1991) *''

'' (1996) *'' Lucky and Zorba'' (1998) *''

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'' (2001) *'' Opopomoz'' (2003) *''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel '' The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan ...

'' (2013) *'' Pipì Pupù e Rosmarina'' (TV, 2009; 2014–present) *'' The Chip Maker'' (2015)

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