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

Early Life and Career
Passionate musician, he began playing the saxophone at a young age. Over the years he abandoned his first passion to approach cinema, using his musical preparation for the composition of his film's soundtracks and later attended a two-week course directed by Lotte Reinige r in collaboration with the schools of Turin.

From 1983 he became director and screenwriter of Television shows and animation, obtaining international recognition.

In 1996 he made his debut in cinema with the direction of the animated film La freccia azzurra, with which he won two nastri d'argento and the David di Donatello for the best soundtrack, composed by the singer-songwriter Paolo Conte.

The director, having a lot of experience in the field of kids's workshops, had learned how children communicate, which is why he carefully edited the soundtracks of his films.

He can be considered by far the best Italian director of animated feature films."

In 1997, in collaboration with Osvaldo Cavandoli (author of La Linea), he directed the TV series dedicated to the adventures of Pimpa, the long-eared red polka dot dog born from the pen of Francesco Tullio Altan in the first half of the seventies of 20th century. The series, with music by Beppe Crovella, of the historic Italian band of the 70s, "arti & mestieri" was broadcast on RAI networks and in various countries, not only in Europe, winning the "Cartoon on the Bay" International Award and then to be put on sale on several DVDs.

In 1998 he directed his most famous work, La gabbianella e il gatto, based on the novel The Story of a Seagull and the Cat who taught her to fly by the Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda, wich was a great success with both audiences and critics, winner of a nastro d'argento and of the Audience Award at the Montreal World Film Festival.

In 2000, the director made a promo of Pinocchio with the drawings by Lorenzo Mattotti and the music of Daniele Sepe, which is mentioned in the documentary Mattotti by Renato Chiocca, to then complete the feature film released in theaters in 2013 with the original soundtrack by Lucio Dalla.

In 2001 he directed the film Momo alla conquista del tempo which contains music by Gianna Nannini. In 2003 he directed his first film based on an original subject: Opopomoz with the soundtrack composed by Pino Daniele. During the production of the film, D’Alò will leave the project due to a financial scandal that hit the Lanterna Magica, leaving the film to be completed by another producer.

In August 2012 he presented his Pinocchio at the Giornate degli Autori (69th edition of the Venice Film Festival), an accurate and personal realization of the famous novel by Carlo Collod i, with drawings by Lorenzo Mattotti and music by Lucio Dalla. The film was subsequently presented at the International Festivals of Busan (South Korea), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), and numerous others, where it was applauded by public and critics. Pinocchio was nominated for the prestigious EFA Awards, Oscars of European cinema in December 2013.

In November 2017 was released his sixth feature film, Pipì Pupù e Rosmarina in “Il Mistero delle Note Rapite", taken from the TV series Pipì Pupù e Rosmarina, a journey into the universe of classical music. The music is by Daniele Di Gregorio and the artistic direction by Annalaura Canton.

Films

 * La freccia azzurra (1996)
 * La gabbianella e il gatto (1998)
 * Momo alla conquista del tempo (2001)
 * Opopomoz (2003)
 * Pinocchio (2012)
 * Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina in Il mistero delle note rapite (2017)

TV Series

 * Pimpa - Le nuove avventure (1997)
 * Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina (2009; 2014 - on going)

Animated Shorts

 * Kamillo Kromo (1993)

Awards and honors

 * Premio Fantoche at Salone Internazionale dei Comics of 1986 for best didactic or scientific movie (Se fumi tu, fumano tutti).