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John Halas

John Halas

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

16/04/1912

Day of Death

21/01/1995
(83) years old

Place of Birth

Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Biography

John Halas OBE was a pioneering British animator. Together with Gyula Macskássy, and Félix Kassowitz, Halász co-founded Hungary's first animation studio, Coloriton, in 1932. Coloriton existed for 4 years, producing animations for cinemas, including Boldog király kincse.

Known For

Secrets of British Animation

Secrets of British Animation

Filmography

Crew

1994

Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

as Producer

1990

A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy

as Director

1982

Players

as Production Manager

1982

Players

as Director

1981

Heavy Metal

as Sequence Supervisor

1981

Heavy Metal

as Director

1981

Dilemma

as Director

1980

Flying Free

as Director

1979

Dream Doll

as Producer

1979

Autobahn

as Director

1979

Autobahn

as Writer

1978

Max und Moritz

as Production Design

1978

Max und Moritz

as Art Direction

1976

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

as Animation

1975

How Not to Succeed in Business

as Director

1974

The Three Musketeers

as Director

1971

Animation Has Changed

as Producer

1970

Ways and Means

as Producer

1970

Children and Cars

as Director

1969

To Our Children's Children's Children

as Director

1969

To Our Children's Children's Children

as Producer

1969

To Our Children's Children's Children

as Story

1969

Topology

as Producer

1967

Dying for a Smoke

as Director

1967

Ruddigore

as Producer

1967

Flurina

as Director

1967

The Question

as Producer

1967

The Question

as Director

1967

Flow Diagram

as Producer

1965

Birds, Bees and Storks

as Director

1965

Birds, Bees and Storks

as Writer

1965

The Hoffnung Maestro

as Director

1965

The Hoffnung Maestro

as Producer

1965

The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra

as Producer

1965

The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

as Director

1965

The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

as Writer

1965

The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

as Producer

1964

Midsummer Nightmare

as Director

1964

Midsummer Nightmare

as Producer

1964

Midsummer Nightmare

as Writer

1964

Automania 2000

as Director

1964

Automania 2000

as Writer

1964

The Hoffnung Music Academy

as Director

1963

The Axe and the Lamp

as Director

1962

Hamilton in the Music Festival

as Story

1962

Hamilton in the Music Festival

as Director

1961

The Monster of Highgate Ponds

as Producer

1961

Hamilton the Musical Elephant

as Director

1961

For Better, For Worse

as Director

1959

The Christmas Visitor

as Director

1959

The Christmas Visitor

as Screenplay

1959

HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape

as Producer

1959

Piping Hot

as Director

1956

The Candlemaker

as Director

1956

The History of the Cinema

as Director

1956

The History of the Cinema

as Writer

1954

Animal Farm

as Producer

1954

Animal Farm

as Screenplay

1954

Animal Farm

as Director

1953

The Moving Spirit

as Producer

1953

Power to Fly

as Producer

1952

Coastal Navigation

as Producer

1952

The Owl And The Pussycat

as Producer

1952

The Owl And The Pussycat

as Director

1952

The Figurehead

as Producer

1951

Painter and Poet No. 2

as Producer

1951

John Gilpin

as Producer

1950

Fowl Play

as Director

1950

As Old as the Hills

as Producer

1950

The Shoemaker and the Hatter

as Script

1950

The Shoemaker and the Hatter

as Director

1949

Charley's Black Magic

as Director

1949

Charley's Black Magic

as Writer

1949

Charley's Black Magic

as Producer

1949

R.A.F.: First Line of Defence

as Director

1949

Farmer Charley

as Director

1949

Charley Junior's Schooldays

as Producer

1949

Charley Junior's Schooldays

as Director

1949

Fly About the House

as Director

1948

The Magic Canvas

as Director

1948

The Magic Canvas

as Writer

1948

The Magic Canvas

as Producer

1948

Robinson Charley

as Director

1948

Robinson Charley

as Writer

1948

Charley's March of Time

as Director

1948

Charley's March of Time

as Story

1948

Charley in New Town

as Story

1948

Charley in New Town

as Producer

1948

Charley in New Town

as Director

1948

Your Very Good Health

as Director

1948

Water for Firefighting

as Director

1947

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

as Director

1947

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

as Producer

1946

A Modern Guide to Health

as Producer

1946

A Modern Guide to Health

as Director

1946

Train Trouble

as Director

1945

6 Little Jungle Boys

as Director

1945

6 Little Jungle Boys

as Producer

1945

6 Little Jungle Boys

as Animation

1945

Handling Ships

as Director

1945

Handling Ships

as Producer

1945

Handling Ships

as Writer

1944

Christmas Wishes

as Director

1944

Cold Comfort

as Director

1943

Abu and the Poisoned Well

as Director

1943

Abu's Dungeon

as Director

1943

Abu's Dungeon

as Producer

1942

Filling the Gap

as Director

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Writer

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Producer

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Art Designer

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Animation

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Director

1942

Fable of the Fabrics

as Director

1938

Music Man

as Director

1941

The Pocket Cartoon

as Director

1941

Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard

as Director