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John Halas was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1912, the seventh son of a Jewish mother and Catholic father. He studied painting in Budapest, where he was greatly influenced by the Bauhaus movement and its leading light, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
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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.
Halas and Batchelor was a British animation company founded by husband and wife John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Halas was a Hungarian émigré to the United Kingdom . The company had studios in London and Cainscross, in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire.
Gives the biographies of the major players from Halas & Batchelor Animation Studio - John Halas, Joy Batchelor and their daughter Vivien Halas.
Here you can explore the Halas & Batchelor studio, with details about the studio’s history, biographies of key personnel, awards and an extensive range of film clips. Founded in 1940, Halas & Batchelor Cartoons was the largest and most influential animation studio in Western Europe for over 50 years.
May 17, 2015 · A newly-updated version of the documentary about John Halas, the Hungarian-Jewish emigre who became the father of British Animation. This new version was made to coincide with the 75th...
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John Halas and Joy Batchelor (respectively, born April 16, 1912, Budapest, Hungary—died Jan. 20/21, 1995, London, England; born May 12, 1914, Watford, Hertfordshire, England—died May 14, 1991, London) were a British husband-and-wife production team, noted for their influential animated films.
