John Halas
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Producer
Born Apr 16, 1912 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Active 1938–1995
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.
Filmography
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) — AnimationAnimal Farm (1954) — Screenplay · Director · ProducerHeavy Metal (1981) — Sequence Supervisor · DirectorMax und Moritz (1978) — Production Design · Art DirectionHamilton the Musical Elephant (1961) — DirectorAbu's Dungeon (1943) — Director · ProducerCarnival in the Clothes Cupboard (1941) — DirectorAutomania 2000 (1964) — Director · WriterAutobahn (1979) — Director · WriterFilling the Gap (1942) — DirectorCoastal Navigation (1952) — ProducerAs Old as the Hills (1950) — ProducerThe Three Musketeers (1974) — DirectorDream Doll (1979) — ProducerPlayers (1982) — Production Manager · DirectorDustbin Parade (1942) — Producer · Art Designer · Writer · Animation · DirectorWays and Means (1970) — ProducerMusic Man (1938) — DirectorPainter and Poet No. 2 (1951) — ProducerDoDo, The Kid from Outer Space (1965) — Director · ProducerRuddigore (1967) — ProducerThe Owl And The Pussycat (1952) — Producer · DirectorThe Magic Canvas (1948) — Producer · Director · WriterHandling Ships (1945) — Producer · Director · Writer