Manuel García Ferré
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Manuel García Ferré is a Spanish Argentine
animation director and cartoonist.
, Spain
, in 1929. He arrived in Argentina
in 1947, and worked for advertising agencies while studying Architecture. In 1952 his character Pi Pío was accepted and published by the important magazine Billiken
. 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. He managed Anteojito magazine until its last issue in 2002, and from 1985 to 2007 he was editor of another publication, Muy Interesante.
Spanish Argentine
Spanish settlement in Argentina, that is the arrival of Spanish emigrants in Argentina, took place firstly in the period before Argentina's independence from Spain, and again in large numbers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
animation director and cartoonist.
Biography
García Ferré was born in AlmeríaAlmería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
, Spain
Spain
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, in 1929. He arrived in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
in 1947, and worked for advertising agencies while studying Architecture. In 1952 his character Pi Pío was accepted and published by the important magazine Billiken
Billiken (magazine)
Billiken is a weekly children's magazine in Argentina, the oldest Spanish language magazine for young people. The magazine was founded in 1919 by Constancio C...
. 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. He managed Anteojito magazine until its last issue in 2002, and from 1985 to 2007 he was editor of another publication, Muy Interesante.
Characters
- Anteojito
- Antifaz
- Calculín
- El Boxitracio
- El Comisario
- El Patriarca de los Pájaros
- El Profesor Neurus
- HijitusHijitusHijitus is an Argentine comic strip character created by Spanish animator Manuel García Ferré. Garcia Ferré adapted the character for a TV series that originally ran from 1967 to 1974. Then it ran again in the 1990s, and it is currently running in channel 13 at 12:00 with good rating audience...
- La Bruja Cachavacha
- La Marañaza
- Larguirucho
- ManuelitaManuelita (film)Manuelita is a 1999 Argentine animated film directed by Manuel García Ferré. It was Argentina's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination....
- Oaky
- Petete
- Pi Pío
- Pucho
- Serrucho
- SuperHijitus
- Trapito
Films
- Corazón, las alegrías de Pantriste' (2000)
- ManuelitaManuelita (film)Manuelita is a 1999 Argentine animated film directed by Manuel García Ferré. It was Argentina's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination....
(1999) - Ico, el caballito valiente (1987)
- Petete y TrapitoPetete y TrapitoPetete y Trapito is a 1975 Argentine animated film directed by Manuel García Ferré....
(1975) - Las aventuras de Hijitus (1973)
- Mil intentos y un invento (1972)