John Halas

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-04-16 (83 years old)

Deathday

1995-01-21

Place of Birth

Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

John Halas

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.

Production

1954

Animal Farm

as Screenplay

1954

Animal Farm

as Producer

1954

Animal Farm

as Director

1953

1953

Power to Fly

as Producer

1979

Dream Doll

as Producer

1967

Ruddigore

as Producer

1948

Robinson Charley

as Director

1964

Automania 2000

as Director

1956

The Candlemaker

as Director

1974

1945

1950

Fowl Play

as Director

1950

1967

Flurina

as Director

1982

Players

as Production Manager

1942

Filling the Gap

as Director

1967

The Question

as Producer

1944

Cold Comfort

as Director

1981

Heavy Metal

as Sequence Supervisor

1945

1948

1945

1948

1959

1959

1965

1967

The Question

as Director

1979

Autobahn

as Director

1978

Max und Moritz

as Art Direction

1978

Max und Moritz

as Production Design

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Art Designer

1942

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Producer

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Animation

1944

Christmas Wishes

as Director

1964

1942

Dustbin Parade

as Director

1970

Ways and Means

as Producer

1949

Farmer Charley

as Director

1963

1948

1948

The Magic Canvas

as Director

1948

The Magic Canvas

as Producer

1952

The Figurehead

as Producer

1967

Flow Diagram

as Producer

1942

1971

1938

Music Man

as Director

1969

Topology

as Producer

1982

Players

as Director

1964

1964

1964

1951

John Gilpin

as Producer

1965

1948

1948

1979

Autobahn

as Writer

1981

Dilemma

as Director

1959

Piping Hot

as Director

1948

1949

1949

1980

Flying Free

as Director

1967

1946

Train Trouble

as Director

1943

Abu's Dungeon

as Producer

1943

Abu's Dungeon

as Director

1945

Handling Ships

as Producer

1945

1945

Handling Ships

as Director

1981

Heavy Metal

as Director

1961

1952

1970

1949

1941

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