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John's experience of religious differences within his own family and a deep personal knowledge of the effects of intolerance - many of his family perished in the Holocaust - brought a profoundly humanitarian element to his more personal work, often through satire and humour.
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Here we present biographies of John Halas, Joy Batchelor, and their daughter Vivien Halas who manages the collection today.
John Halas OBE (born János Halász; [1] 16 April 1912 – 21 January 1995) was a pioneering British animator. Together with Gyula Macskássy (an acquaintance from Sándor Bortnyik's Bauhaus art studio, Műhely), and Félix Kassowitz, Halász co-founded Hungary's first animation studio, Coloriton, in 1932.
May 18, 2015 · The efforts, aspirations and acumen of Watford-born Joy Batchelor (1914-91) and her Hungarian husband and business partner John Halas (1912-95) changed the face of the industry in this country – most notably through Britain’s first animated feature film, Animal Farm (1954).
Jan 25, 1995 · 1954 saw the premiere of Halas & Batchelor's greatest bid for world fame, a feature-length adaptation of George Orwell's political fantasy Animal Farm.
Animal Farm is a 1954 animated drama film directed by documentarians John Halas and Joy Batchelor. It was produced by Halas and Batchelor and funded in part by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who also made changes to the original script.
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This article will examine John Halas and Joy Batchelor's partnership, identifying the husband-wife team's concern to combine animation with persuasion and how this lead to their involvement in the production of Animal Farm. John Halas was born Janos Halasz in Budapest, 1912 and died in London, 1995.
