John Halas

Birthday: 1912-04-16
Deathday: 1995-01-21
Birthplace: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1990-01-01 A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1982-11-12 Players
1981-08-07 Heavy Metal
1981-01-05 Dilemma
1980-01-01 Flying Free
1979-01-01 Autobahn
1974-01-02 The Three Musketeers
1969-12-01 To Our Children's Children's Children
1967-07-06 Dying for a Smoke
1967-01-01 Flurina
1967-01-01 The Question
1965-12-31 Birds, Bees and Storks
1965-09-22 The Hoffnung Maestro
1965-01-01 The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1964-08-10 Midsummer Nightmare
1964-06-12 Automania 2000
1964-01-01 The Hoffnung Music Academy
1963-01-01 The Axe and the Lamp
1962-01-01 Hamilton in the Music Festival
1961-04-12 Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1959-12-24 The Christmas Visitor
1959-01-01 Piping Hot
1956-12-25 The Candlemaker
1956-07-31 The History of the Cinema
1954-12-28 Animal Farm
1952-01-01 The Owl And The Pussycat
1950-12-16 Fowl Play
1950-01-01 The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1949-10-01 Charley's Black Magic
1949-07-18 R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1949-07-01 Farmer Charley
1949-01-02 Charley Junior's Schooldays
1948-12-30 The Magic Canvas
1948-07-16 Robinson Charley
1948-01-02 Charley's March of Time
1948-01-01 Charley in New Town
1948-01-01 Your Very Good Health
1948-01-01 Water for Firefighting
1947-04-01 Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1946-06-05 A Modern Guide to Health
1946-01-01 Train Trouble
1945-11-15 6 Little Jungle Boys
1945-06-22 Handling Ships
1944-12-01 Christmas Wishes
1944-05-04 Cold Comfort
1943-01-01 Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943-01-01 Abu's Dungeon
1942-01-01 Filling the Gap
1942-01-01 Dustbin Parade
1942-01-01 Fable of the Fabrics
1941-01-01 Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1938-01-01 Music Man