Peter Foldès
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-08-22 (53 years old)
Deathday
1977-03-29
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Also known As
Peter Foldes
Peter Foldès
Biography
Budapest-born Peter Foldes (1924-1977) was one of a number of Hungarian artists (another was the film's composer Mátyás Seiber) who ended up working with fellow countryman John Halas on the latter's animated films after he moved to Britain in 1946. After leaving Halas, Foldes made a number of animated films in collaboration with his British wife Joan (b. 1924), starting with the allegorical Animated Genesis (1952), On Closer Inspection (1953) and A Short Vision (1956). A Short Vision became one of the most influential British animated films ever made, when it was screened on US television as part of the popular Ed Sullivan Show. Although chi...
Acting
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1975
as Director
1974
as Director
1977
as Director
1973
as Director
1956
as Writer
1956
as Director
1953
as Director
1953
as Writer
1953
as Cinematography
1953
as Producer
1956
as Producer
1971
as Director
1971
as Director
1966
as Director
1968
as Director
1967
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
as Director
1965
as Director
1970
as Director
1952
as Animation
1952
as Story
1952
as Director of Photography
1952
as Editor
1952
as Producer
1952
as Director
1973
as Writer
1973
as Animation
1967
as Director
1976
as Director
1985
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