John Halas
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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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Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom (1994)
Producer
A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy (1990)
Director
Players (1982)
Director | Production Manager
Heavy Metal (1981)
Sequence Supervisor | Director
Dilemma (1981)
Director
Flying Free (1980)
Director
Autobahn (1979)
Director | Writer
Dream Doll (1979)
Producer
Max und Moritz (1978)
Production Design | Art Direction
The Three Musketeers (1974)
Director
Animation Has Changed (1971)
Producer
Ways and Means (1970)
Producer
Children and Cars (1970)
Director
To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)
Director | Producer | Story
Topology (1969)
Producer
Dying for a Smoke (1967)
Director
Ruddigore (1967)
Producer
The Question (1967)
Director | Producer
Flow Diagram (1967)
Producer
Flurina (1967)
Director
Birds, Bees and Storks (1965)
Director | Writer
The Hoffnung Maestro (1965)
Director
The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra (1965)
Director | Writer
Midsummer Nightmare (1964)
Director | Producer | Writer
Automania 2000 (1964)
Director | Writer
The Hoffnung Music Academy (1964)
Director
Hamilton in the Music Festival (1962)
Story | Director
The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961)
Producer
Hamilton the Musical Elephant (1961)
Director
For Better, For Worse (1961)
Director
HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape (1960)
Producer
The Christmas Visitor (1959)
Director | Screenplay
The Candlemaker (1956)
Director
The History of the Cinema (1956)
Director | Writer
Animal Farm (1954)
Producer | Screenplay | Director
The Moving Spirit (1953)
Producer
Coastal Navigation (1952)
Producer
The Owl And The Pussycat (1952)
Director | Producer
The Figurehead (1952)
Producer
John Gilpin (1951)
Producer
Fowl Play (1950)
Director
As Old as the Hills (1950)
Producer
The Shoemaker and the Hatter (1950)
Script | Director
Charley's Black Magic (1949)
Director | Writer | Producer
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence (1949)
Director
Farmer Charley (1949)
Director
Charley Junior's Schooldays (1949)
Director | Producer
Fly About the House (1949)
Director
The Magic Canvas (1948)
Director | Writer | Producer
Robinson Charley (1948)
Director | Writer
Charley's March of Time (1948)
Director | Story
Charley in New Town (1948)
Director | Story | Producer
Your Very Good Health (1948)
Director
Water for Firefighting (1948)
Director
Dolly, Put the Kettle On (1947)
Director | Producer
A Modern Guide to Health (1946)
Director | Producer
Train Trouble (1946)
Director
6 Little Jungle Boys (1945)
Director | Producer | Animation
Christmas Wishes (1944)
Director
Cold Comfort (1944)
Director
Abu's Dungeon (1943)
Director | Producer
Abu and the Poisoned Well (1943)
Director
Dustbin Parade (1942)
Director | Writer | Producer | Art Designer | Animation
Fable of the Fabrics (1942)
Director
Filling the Gap (1942)
Director
The Pocket Cartoon (1941)
Director
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard (1941)
Director
Music Man (1938)
Director