Dan Levkovitch
A pioneer of classic Israeli animation · 1927–2002
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Danny (Lucien) Levkovitch was born in 1927 in Paris. During the Nazi occupation, his mother hid him in a monastery to save his life, while she herself was taken by the Germans. In 1947, he sailed to Israel aboard the immigrant ship “Ha'Ma'apil Ha'Almoni.”
From 1954 to 1961 he published caricatures and illustrations in the newspaper “Kol HaAm.” In 1973 he joined Israeli Educational Television as a graphic designer and animator, where he created one of the most beloved characters among Israeli children, “Alfie,” a claymation character who accompanied generations of children and taught them to read and write, out of love.
Dani passed away in 2002. His artistic legacy is held at the Israeli Cartoon Museum in Holon. In 2006, his wife Sara published a book in his memory, “Dani Without Secrets: My Land,” a collection of his political caricatures with contemporary commentary.
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Art, passed down a generation
Boaz Levkovitch, Dani's son and the studio's founder, carries forward the family tradition of craft, precision and a love of art, this time in the world of branding and digital design. The name “Climax” carries that spirit: every project is a chance to create something unforgettable, just as Dani did for generations of Israeli children.
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