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John Halas

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Date of birth
Apr 16, 1912
Date of death
Jan 21, 1995(aged 82)
Place of birth

John Halas

Biography of John Halas:

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.

John Halas has directed:

A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy(1990)
Players(1982)
Heavy Metal(1981)
Dilemma(1981)
Flying Free(1980)
Autobahn(1979)
How Not to Succeed in Business(1975)
The Three Musketeers(1974)
Children and Cars(1970)
To Our Children's Children's Children(1969)
Dying for a Smoke(1967)
Flurina(1967)
The Question(1967)
Birds, Bees and Storks(1965)
The Hoffnung Maestro(1965)
The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra(1965)
Midsummer Nightmare(1964)
Automania 2000(1964)
The Hoffnung Music Academy(1964)
The Axe and the Lamp(1963)
Hamilton the Musical Elephant(1961)
Hamilton in the Music Festival(1961)
For Better, For Worse(1961)
The Christmas Visitor(1959)
Piping Hot(1959)
The Candlemaker(1956)
The History of the Cinema(1956)
Animal Farm(1954)
The Owl And The Pussycat(1952)
Fowl Play(1950)
The Shoemaker and the Hatter(1950)
Charley's Black Magic(1949)
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence(1949)
Farmer Charley(1949)
Charley Junior's Schooldays(1949)
Fly About the House(1949)
The Magic Canvas(1948)
Robinson Charley(1948)
Charley's March of Time(1948)
Charley in New Town(1948)

John Halas has acted in:

Secrets of British Animation(2018) ... as Self (archive Photos)
John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995(2015)
An Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995(2012)

Additional credits for John Halas:

Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom(1994)(Producer)
Players(1982)(Production Manager)
Heavy Metal(1981)(Sequence Supervisor)
Dream Doll(1979)(Producer)
Autobahn(1979)(Writer)
Max und Moritz(1978)(Production Design)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix(1976)(Animation)
Animation Has Changed(1971)(Producer)
Ways and Means(1970)(Producer)
To Our Children's Children's Children(1969)(Producer)
Topology(1969)(Producer)
Ruddigore(1967)(Producer)
The Question(1967)(Producer)
Flow Diagram(1967)(Producer)
Birds, Bees and Storks(1965)(Writer)
The Hoffnung Maestro(1965)(Producer)
The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra(1965)(Producer)
The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra(1965)(Writer)
Midsummer Nightmare(1964)(Producer)
Automania 2000(1964)(Writer)
The Monster of Highgate Ponds(1961)(Producer)
Hamilton in the Music Festival(1961)(Story)
HaBa Tales: The Insolent Matador(1960)(Producer)
The Christmas Visitor(1959)(Screenplay)
HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape(1959)(Producer)
The History of the Cinema(1956)(Writer)
Animal Farm(1954)(Producer)
The Moving Spirit(1953)(Producer)
Power to Fly(1953)(Producer)
Coastal Navigation(1952)(Producer)
The Owl And The Pussycat(1952)(Producer)
The Figurehead(1952)(Producer)
Painter and Poet No. 2(1951)(Producer)
John Gilpin(1951)(Producer)
As Old as the Hills(1950)(Producer)
The Shoemaker and the Hatter(1950)(Script)
Charley's Black Magic(1949)(Writer)
Charley Junior's Schooldays(1949)(Producer)
The Magic Canvas(1948)(Writer)
Robinson Charley(1948)(Writer)
Charley's March of Time(1948)(Story)
Charley in New Town(1948)(Story)
Dolly, Put the Kettle On(1947)(Producer)
A Modern Guide to Health(1946)(Producer)
6 Little Jungle Boys(1945)(Producer)
Handling Ships(1945)(Producer)
Abu's Dungeon(1943)(Producer)
Dustbin Parade(1942)(Writer)
Painter and Poet No. 1(Producer)
Painter and Poet No. 3(Producer)

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