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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.

Et billede af John Halas

Directing

1938

[ ] Music Man (Director)

1941

[ ] Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard (Director)
[ ] The Pocket Cartoon (Director)

1942

[ ] Filling the Gap (Director)
[ ] Dustbin Parade (Director)
[ ] Fable of the Fabrics (Director)

1943

[ ] Abu and the Poisoned Well (Director)
[ ] Abu's Dungeon (Director)

1944

[ ] Cold Comfort (Director)
[ ] Christmas Wishes (Director)

1945

[ ] 6 Little Jungle Boys (Director)
[ ] Handling Ships (Director)

1946

[ ] A Modern Guide to Health (Director)
[ ] Train Trouble (Director)

1947

[ ] Dolly, Put the Kettle On (Director)

1948

[ ] Robinson Charley (Director)
[ ] The Magic Canvas (Director)
[ ] Charley in New Town (Director)
[ ] Your Very Good Health (Director)
[ ] Water for Firefighting (Director)
[ ] Charley's March of Time (Director)

1949

[ ] R.A.F.: First Line of Defence (Director)
[ ] Charley Junior's Schooldays (Director)
[ ] Farmer Charley (Director)
[ ] Charley's Black Magic (Director)
[ ] Fly About the House (Director)

1950

[ ] Fowl Play (Director)
[ ] The Shoemaker and the Hatter (Director)

1952

[ ] The Owl And The Pussycat (Director)

1954

[ ] Animal Farm (Director)

1956

[ ] The Candlemaker (Director)
[ ] The History of the Cinema (Director)

1959

[ ] The Christmas Visitor (Director)
[ ] Piping Hot (Director)

1961

[ ] Hamilton the Musical Elephant (Director)
[ ] For Better, For Worse (Director)

1962

[ ] Hamilton in the Music Festival (Director)

1963

[ ] The Axe and the Lamp (Director)

1964

[ ] Automania 2000 (Director)
[ ] Midsummer Nightmare (Director)
[ ] The Hoffnung Music Academy (Director)

1965

[ ] Birds, Bees and Storks (Director)
[ ] The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra (Director)
[ ] The Hoffnung Maestro (Director)

1967

[ ] Flurina (Director)
[ ] The Question (Director)
[ ] Dying for a Smoke (Director)

1969

[ ] To Our Children's Children's Children (Director)

1970

[ ] Children and Cars (Director)

1974

[ ] The Three Musketeers (Director)

1975

[ ] How Not to Succeed in Business (Director)

1979

[ ] Autobahn (Director)

1980

[ ] Flying Free (Director)

1981

[ ] Dilemma (Director)
[ W ] Heavy Metal (Director)

1982

[ ] Players (Director)

1990

[ ] A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy (Director)

Production

1942

[ ] Dustbin Parade (Producer)

1943

[ ] Abu's Dungeon (Producer)

1945

[ ] 6 Little Jungle Boys (Producer)
[ ] Handling Ships (Producer)

1946

[ ] A Modern Guide to Health (Producer)

1947

[ ] Dolly, Put the Kettle On (Producer)

1948

[ ] Charley in New Town (Producer)
[ ] The Magic Canvas (Producer)

1949

[ ] Charley Junior's Schooldays (Producer)
[ ] Charley's Black Magic (Producer)

1950

[ ] As Old as the Hills (Producer)

1951

[ ] Painter and Poet No. 2 (Producer)
[ ] John Gilpin (Producer)

1952

[ ] The Owl And The Pussycat (Producer)
[ ] The Figurehead (Producer)
[ ] Coastal Navigation (Producer)

1953

[ ] The Moving Spirit (Producer)
[ ] Power to Fly (Producer)

1954

[ ] Animal Farm (Producer)

1959

[ ] HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape (Producer)

1961

[ ] The Monster of Highgate Ponds (Producer)

1964

[ ] Midsummer Nightmare (Producer)

1965

[ ] The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra (Producer)
[ ] The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra (Producer)
[ ] The Hoffnung Maestro (Producer)

1967

[ ] Ruddigore (Producer)
[ ] The Question (Producer)
[ ] Flow Diagram (Producer)

1969

[ ] To Our Children's Children's Children (Producer)
[ ] Topology (Producer)

1970

[ ] Ways and Means (Producer)

1971

[ ] Animation Has Changed (Producer)

1979

[ ] Dream Doll (Producer)

1982

[ ] Players (Production Manager)

1994

[ ] Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom (Producer)

????

[ ] Painter and Poet No. 1 (Producer)
[ ] Painter and Poet No. 3 (Producer)

Writing

1942

[ ] Dustbin Parade (Writer)

1945

[ ] Handling Ships (Writer)

1948

[ ] Robinson Charley (Writer)
[ ] Charley in New Town (Story)
[ ] The Magic Canvas (Writer)
[ ] Charley's March of Time (Story)

1949

[ ] Charley's Black Magic (Writer)

1954

[ ] Animal Farm (Screenplay)

1956

[ ] The History of the Cinema (Writer)

1959

[ ] The Christmas Visitor (Screenplay)

1962

[ ] Hamilton in the Music Festival (Story)

1964

[ ] Automania 2000 (Writer)
[ ] Midsummer Nightmare (Writer)

1965

[ ] Birds, Bees and Storks (Writer)
[ ] The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra (Writer)

1969

[ ] To Our Children's Children's Children (Story)

1979

[ ] Autobahn (Writer)

Crew

1950

[ ] The Shoemaker and the Hatter (Script)

1981

[ W ] Heavy Metal (Sequence Supervisor)

Visual Effects

1942

[ ] Dustbin Parade (Animation)

1945

[ ] 6 Little Jungle Boys (Animation)

1976

[ ] The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Animation)

Art

1942

[ ] Dustbin Parade (Art Designer)

1978

[ ] Max und Moritz (Production Design)
[ ] Max und Moritz (Art Direction)

Actor

2012

[ ] An Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995 (????)

2015

[ ] John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995 (????)

2018

[ ] Secrets of British Animation (Self (archive Photos))