Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment

Jean Chalopin is a French businessman, banker and former television producer. In 1971, he founded the production company DIC Entertainment, which specialized in children-oriented television and film productions. Through the company, he co-created successful television series including Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, Sonic Underground, and Dennis the Menace; he also served as the co-writer and producer of The Mysterious Cities of Gold. He created a successor company, C&D in 1987. DIC was dissolved into Cookie Jar Group in 2008, and he has since shifted focus onto a career in banking.

DIC Entertainment Corporation was a French-American film and television production company that was mostly associated as an animation studio. As a former division of The Walt Disney Company, DIC produced live-action feature films and licensed numerous anime series.