John Halas
Directing
- Born:
- 1912-04-16
- Died:
- 1995-01-21
- 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
Filmography
Secrets of British Animation
John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995
An Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
Players
Heavy Metal
Dilemma
Flying Free
Dream Doll
Autobahn
European Folk Tales
Max und Moritz
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
How Not to Succeed in Business
The Three Musketeers
Animation Has Changed
The Tomfoolery Show
Ways and Means
Children and Cars
To Our Children's Children's Children
Topology
Dying for a Smoke
Ruddigore
Flurina
The Question
Flow Diagram
Birds, Bees and Storks
The Hoffnung Maestro
The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
Midsummer Nightmare
Automania 2000
The Hoffnung Music Academy
The Axe and the Lamp
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Hamilton the Musical Elephant
Hamilton in the Music Festival
For Better, For Worse
Snip and Snap
HaBa Tales: The Insolent Matador
The Christmas Visitor
HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
Piping Hot
The Candlemaker
The History of the Cinema
Animal Farm
The Moving Spirit
Power to Fly
Coastal Navigation
The Owl And The Pussycat
The Figurehead
Painter and Poet No. 2
John Gilpin
Fowl Play
As Old as the Hills
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
Charley's Black Magic
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence