John Halas - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

Genres

Comedy

Active

1942 - 1986

Born

April 16, 1912

Died

January 21, 1995

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by Sandra Brennan biography

Noted Hungarian animator John Halas learned his craft under George Pal. Halas launched his own career in 1934 and two years later moved to England where he and his wife Joy Batchelor founded the Halas-Batchelor Cartoon Films. Their most famous feature Animal Farm (1954) was the first full-length animated film made in Great Britain.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Masters of Animation, Vol. 1: USA and Canada Director	1986
Masters of Animation, Vol. 2: Great Britain, France & Italy Director	1986
Masters of Animation, Vol. 3: USSR, Yugoslavia, Poland & Hungary Director	1986
Masters of Animation, Vol. 4: Japan, Computer Animation I & II Director	1986
Dilemma Director, Producer	1981
The Butterfly Ball Animator	1975
Hoffnung's Professor Yaya's Memoirs Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1964
The Hoffnung Maestro Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1964
The Hoffnung Music Academy Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1964
The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1964
The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra Producer, Screenwriter	1964
The Hoffnung Vacuum Cleaner Producer, Screenwriter	1964
Automania 2000 Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1963
The Monster of Highgate Ponds Producer	1961
The Christmas Visitor Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1959
History of the Cinema Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1957
The Candlemaker Director, Producer	1957
Animal Farm Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1955
Cinerama Holiday Art Director	1955
Figurehead Director, Producer	1953
The Owl and the Pussycat Director, Producer	1952
Magic Canvas Director, Producer, Production Designer, Screenwriter	1948
Filling the Gap Director	1942

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