John Halas

Known for: Directing
Born: April 16, 1912, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Died: January 21, 1995
Movies: 76

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.5

Heavy Metal

1981

7.1

Animal Farm

1954

7.2

Automania 2000

1964

6.5

Dream Doll

1979

6.0

The Christmas Visitor

1959

7.7

Autobahn

1979

7.2

Ruddigore

1967

5.0

The Candlemaker

1956

6.0

Dilemma

1981

6.3

6 Little Jungle Boys

1945

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

1994	Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom	Producer
1990	A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy	Director
1982	Players	Director
1981	Heavy Metal	Director
1981	Dilemma	Director
1980	Flying Free	Director
1979	Dream Doll	Producer
1979	Autobahn	Director, Writer
1975	How Not to Succeed in Business	Director
1974	The Three Musketeers	Director
1971	Animation Has Changed	Producer
1970	Ways and Means	Producer
1970	Children and Cars	Director
1969	To Our Children's Children's Children	Director, Producer
1969	Topology	Producer
1967	Dying for a Smoke	Director
1967	Ruddigore	Producer
1967	Flurina	Director
1967	The Question	Producer, Director
1967	Flow Diagram	Producer
1965	Birds, Bees and Storks	Director, Writer
1965	The Hoffnung Maestro	Director, Producer
1965	The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra	Producer
1965	The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra	Director, Writer, Producer
1964	Midsummer Nightmare	Director, Producer, Writer
1964	Automania 2000	Director, Writer
1964	The Hoffnung Music Academy	Director
1963	The Axe and the Lamp	Director
1961	The Monster of Highgate Ponds	Producer
1961	Hamilton the Musical Elephant	Director
1961	Hamilton in the Music Festival	Director
1961	For Better, For Worse	Director
1960	HaBa Tales: The Insolent Matador	Producer
1959	The Christmas Visitor	Director, Screenplay
1959	HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape	Producer
1959	Piping Hot	Director
1956	The Candlemaker	Director
1956	The History of the Cinema	Director, Writer
1954	Animal Farm	Producer, Screenplay, Director
1953	The Moving Spirit	Producer
1953	Power to Fly	Producer
1952	Coastal Navigation	Producer
1952	The Owl And The Pussycat	Producer, Director
1952	The Figurehead	Producer
1951	Painter and Poet No. 2	Producer
1951	John Gilpin	Producer
1950	Fowl Play	Director
1950	As Old as the Hills	Producer
1950	The Shoemaker and the Hatter	Director, Writer, Producer
1949	Charley's Black Magic	Director, Writer, Producer
1949	R.A.F.: First Line of Defence	Director
1949	Farmer Charley	Director
1949	Charley Junior's Schooldays	Producer, Director
1949	Fly About the House	Director
1948	The Magic Canvas	Director, Writer, Producer
1948	Robinson Charley	Director, Writer
1948	Charley in New Town	Producer, Director
1948	Your Very Good Health	Director
1948	Water for Firefighting	Director
1947	Dolly, Put the Kettle On	Director, Producer
1946	A Modern Guide to Health	Producer, Director
1946	Train Trouble	Director
1945	6 Little Jungle Boys	Director, Producer
1945	Handling Ships	Director, Producer, Writer
1944	Christmas Wishes	Director
1944	Cold Comfort	Director
1943	Abu and the Poisoned Well	Director
1943	Abu's Dungeon	Director, Producer
1942	Filling the Gap	Director
1942	Dustbin Parade	Writer, Producer, Director
1942	Fable of the Fabrics	Director
1941	Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard	Director
1938	Music Man	Director

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