JH

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-04-16

Deathday

1995-01-21 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Also Known As

  • János Halász

John Halas

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.

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Art

1978
Max und Moritz as Production Design
1978
Max und Moritz as Art Direction
1942
Dustbin Parade as Art Designer

Creator

1960
Snip and Snap as Creator

Crew

1981
Heavy Metal as Sequence Supervisor
1950
The Shoemaker and the Hatter as Script

Directing

1990
A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy as Director
1982
Players as Director
1981
Heavy Metal as Director
1981
Dilemma as Director
1980
Flying Free as Director
1979
Autobahn as Director
1975
How Not to Succeed in Business as Director
1974
The Three Musketeers as Director
1970
The Tomfoolery Show as Director
1970
Children and Cars as Director
1969
To Our Children's Children's Children as Director
1967
Dying for a Smoke as Director
1967
Flurina as Director
1967
The Question as Director
1965
Birds, Bees and Storks as Director
1965
The Hoffnung Maestro as Director
1965
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space as Director
1965
The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra as Director
1964
Midsummer Nightmare as Director
1964
Automania 2000 as Director
1964
The Hoffnung Music Academy as Director
1963
The Axe and the Lamp as Director
1962
Hamilton in the Music Festival as Director
1961
Hamilton the Musical Elephant as Director
1961
For Better, For Worse as Director
1959
The Christmas Visitor as Director
1959
Piping Hot as Director
1956
The Candlemaker as Director
1956
The History of the Cinema as Director
1954
Animal Farm as Director
1952
The Owl And The Pussycat as Director
1950
Fowl Play as Director
1950
The Shoemaker and the Hatter as Director
1949
Charley's Black Magic as Director
1949
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence as Director
1949
Farmer Charley as Director
1949
Charley Junior's Schooldays as Director
1949
Fly About the House as Director
1948
The Magic Canvas as Director
1948
Robinson Charley as Director
1948
Charley's March of Time as Director
1948
Charley in New Town as Director
1948
Your Very Good Health as Director
1948
Water for Firefighting as Director
1947
Dolly, Put the Kettle On as Director
1946
A Modern Guide to Health as Director
1946
Train Trouble as Director
1945
6 Little Jungle Boys as Director
1945
Handling Ships as Director
1944
Christmas Wishes as Director
1944
Cold Comfort as Director
1943
Abu and the Poisoned Well as Director
1943
Abu's Dungeon as Director
1942
Filling the Gap as Director
1942
Dustbin Parade as Director
1942
Fable of the Fabrics as Director
1941
The Pocket Cartoon as Director
1941
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard as Director
1938
Music Man as Director

Production

Painter and Poet No. 1 as Producer
Painter and Poet No. 2 as Producer
Painter and Poet No. 3 as Producer
1994
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom as Producer
1982
Players as Production Manager
1979
Dream Doll as Producer
1978
European Folk Tales as Producer
1971
Animation Has Changed as Producer
1970
Ways and Means as Producer
1969
To Our Children's Children's Children as Producer
1969
Topology as Producer
1967
Ruddigore as Producer
1967
The Question as Producer
1967
Flow Diagram as Producer
1965
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space as Producer
1964
Midsummer Nightmare as Producer
1961
The Monster of Highgate Ponds as Producer
1960
Snip and Snap as Producer
1960
HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape as Producer
1954
Animal Farm as Producer
1953
The Moving Spirit as Producer
1953
Power to Fly as Producer
1952
Coastal Navigation as Producer
1952
The Owl And The Pussycat as Producer
1952
The Figurehead as Producer
1951
John Gilpin as Producer
1950
As Old as the Hills as Producer
1949
Charley's Black Magic as Producer
1949
Charley Junior's Schooldays as Producer
1948
The Magic Canvas as Producer
1948
Charley in New Town as Producer
1947
Dolly, Put the Kettle On as Producer
1946
A Modern Guide to Health as Producer
1945
6 Little Jungle Boys as Producer
1945
Handling Ships as Producer
1943
Abu's Dungeon as Producer
1942
Dustbin Parade as Producer

Visual Effects

1945
6 Little Jungle Boys as Animation
1942
Dustbin Parade as Animation

Writing

1979
Autobahn as Writer
1969
To Our Children's Children's Children as Story
1965
Birds, Bees and Storks as Writer
1965
The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra as Writer
1964
Midsummer Nightmare as Writer
1964
Automania 2000 as Writer
1962
Hamilton in the Music Festival as Story
1959
The Christmas Visitor as Screenplay
1956
The History of the Cinema as Writer
1954
Animal Farm as Screenplay
1949
Charley's Black Magic as Writer
1948
The Magic Canvas as Writer
1948
Robinson Charley as Writer
1948
Charley's March of Time as Story
1948
Charley in New Town as Story
1945
Handling Ships as Writer
1942
Dustbin Parade as Writer
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