John Halas
- Directing
- April 16, 1912 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- January 21, 1995
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 · Self
- 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 · Producer
- A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy · Director
- Players · Production Manager, Director
- Heavy Metal · Sequence Supervisor, Director
- Dilemma · Director
- Flying Free · Director
- Dream Doll · Producer
- Autobahn · Director, Writer
- European Folk Tales · Producer
- Max und Moritz · Production Design, Art Direction
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix · Animation
- How Not to Succeed in Business · Director
- The Three Musketeers · Director
- Animation Has Changed · Producer
- The Tomfoolery Show · Director
- Ways and Means · Producer
- Children and Cars · Director
- To Our Children's Children's Children · Director, Producer
- Topology · Producer
- Dying for a Smoke · Director
- Ruddigore · Producer
- Flurina · Director
- The Question · Producer, Director
- Flow Diagram · Producer
- Birds, Bees and Storks · Director, Writer
- The Hoffnung Maestro · Director, Producer
- The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra · Producer
- DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space · Director, Producer
- The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra · Director, Writer
- Midsummer Nightmare · Director, Producer
- Automania 2000 · Director, Writer
- The Hoffnung Music Academy · Director
- The Axe and the Lamp · Director
- The Monster of Highgate Ponds · Producer
- Hamilton the Musical Elephant · Director
- Hamilton in the Music Festival · Story, Director
- For Better, For Worse · Director
- Snip and Snap · Producer, Creator
- HaBa Tales: The Insolent Matador · Producer
- The Christmas Visitor · Director, Screenplay
- HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape · Producer
- Piping Hot · Director
- The Candlemaker · Director
- The History of the Cinema · Director, Writer
- Animal Farm · Producer, Screenplay
- The Moving Spirit · Producer
- Power to Fly · Producer
- Coastal Navigation · Producer
- The Owl And The Pussycat · Producer, Director
- The Figurehead · Producer
- Painter and Poet No. 2 · Producer
- John Gilpin · Producer
- Fowl Play · Director
- As Old as the Hills · Producer
- The Shoemaker and the Hatter · Director, Writer
- Charley's Black Magic · Director, Writer
- R.A.F.: First Line of Defence · Director
- Farmer Charley · Director
- Charley Junior's Schooldays · Producer, Director
- Fly About the House · Director
- The Magic Canvas · Director, Writer
- Robinson Charley · Director, Writer
- Charley in New Town · Story, Producer
- Your Very Good Health · Director
- Water for Firefighting · Director
- Dolly, Put the Kettle On · Director, Producer
- A Modern Guide to Health · Producer, Director
- Train Trouble · Director
- 6 Little Jungle Boys · Director, Producer
- Handling Ships · Director, Producer
- Christmas Wishes · Director
- Cold Comfort · Director
- Abu and the Poisoned Well · Director
- Abu's Dungeon · Director, Producer
- Filling the Gap · Director
- Dustbin Parade · Writer, Producer
- Fable of the Fabrics · Director