Italo Bettiol, the creator of “Chapi Chapo,” a stop-motion animated series popular in the 1970s, died at the age of 96 at his home in southern France, a family friend said. | AFP
The show was “broadcast worldwide, including in the United States on the Nickelodeon program Pinwheel,” the statement said.
A specialist in stop-motion animation—which consists of capturing the movements of puppets frame by frame in front of a camera—Bettiol originally intended to become a painter. The Trieste native left Italy for France in 1947 with his colleague Stefano Lonati—who later also directed several “Chapi Chapo” episodes.
After Bettiol finally settled on animated films, the duo founded the Belokapi company in 1968, producing numerous children’s television shows including “L’ile aux enfants” and “Pepin la Bulle.” “A tireless inventor, now retired, Italo Bettiol continued to tinker with extraordinary machines in his workshop in Aniane, near Montpellier,” the statement said. /
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