Ivor Sydney Wood (4 May 1932 – 13 October 2004) was a prolific Anglo-French[1][2][3] animator, director, producer and writer.
[4] 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.
[1][3] Together they made the acclaimed French series Le Manège enchanté (known in English as The Magic Roundabout), with Wood as the animator.
[6] Following the success of The Magic Roundabout in the UK, Wood partnered with the London-based animation company FilmFair.
During the 1970s, he animated and directed Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, Hattytown Tales, The Adventures of Parsley, The Wombles, and Paddington.