Ivo Caprino (17 February 1920 – 8 February 2001) was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films.
His most noted film, Flåklypa Grand Prix ("Pinchcliffe Grand Prix"), was made in 1975. ==Early life== Caprino was born 17 February 1920 in Oslo, the son of Italian furniture designer Mario Caprino and the artist, Ingeborg "Ingse" Caprino [nee Gude]], who was a granddaughter of the painter Hans Gude.
The Caprinos divorced around 1927, and Ingse married the painter Bernhard Folkestad.
The eight minute film, however, was not released until 1949.
The film, Veslefrikk med Fela, was awarded the best children's film at the 13th Venice International Film Festival in 1952.
In 1959, he directed a live action feature film, Ugler i Mosen, which also contained stop motion sequences.
Gude made the puppets for these films as well. ===Work with Ingse Caprino=== Following the success of Tim og Tøffe, Gude was involved in all of her son's films until 1963.
Gude died 9 December 1963 at Snarøya.
Unfortunately, Caprino was unable to secure funding for the project, so he ended up making the planned folk tale sequences as separate 16-minute puppet films, book-ended by live action sequences showing Asbjørnsen. ==The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix== In 1970, Caprino and his small team of collaborators, started work on a 25-minute TV special, which eventually became The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix.
His most noted film, Flåklypa Grand Prix ("Pinchcliffe Grand Prix"), was made in 1975. ==Early life== Caprino was born 17 February 1920 in Oslo, the son of Italian furniture designer Mario Caprino and the artist, Ingeborg "Ingse" Caprino [nee Gude]], who was a granddaughter of the painter Hans Gude.
When it came out in 1975, The movie was a large success in Norway, selling one million tickets in its first year of release.
Ivo Caprino (17 February 1920 – 8 February 2001) was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films.
He died in 2001 after having lived several years with cancer.
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