Ivor Wood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivor Wood

English animator

Date of Birth: 04-May-1932

Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Oct-2004

Profession: animator, film director, film producer

Nationality: France, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ivor Sydney Wood (4 May 1932 – 13 October 2004) was a prolific Anglo-French stop motion director, producer, animator and writer known for his work on children's television series.Born in Leeds to an English father and a French mother, his family moved to the mountains near Lyon, France, after the Second World War, where he was educated.
He studied fine art in Paris, and later worked in an advertising agency in Paris, where he met Serge Danot.
Together they made the acclaimed French series Le Manège Enchanté (known in English as The Magic Roundabout), with Wood as the animator.Following the success of The Magic Roundabout in the UK, Wood partnered with the London-based animation company FilmFair.
Wood became both animator and director for a number of FilmFair's animated children's programmes, starting with The Herbs in 1968.
During the 1970s he animated and directed Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, Hattytown Tales, The Adventures of Parsley, The Wombles and Paddington.