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Apr 15, 2012 · A twelve-minute documentary about John Halas, one of the most important figures in post-War British Animation, whose centenary is 16th April 2012.For more in...
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- Vivien Halas
May 17, 2015 · John Halas Remembered: an animator ahead of his time (1912-1995) A newly-updated version of the documentary about John Halas, the Hungarian-Jewish emigre who became the father of British...
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- Vivien Halas
Pioneering Hungarian animator, John Halas, who learned his trade from George Pal, met English animator, writer and director, Joy Batchelor, in Paris in 1932. They married and moved to London...
Dec 31, 2014 · 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. Stan Hayward on Tomorrow's World (1970).mp4.
The best of Halas & Batchelor, the groundbreaking UK animation studio. From Animal Farm to a film for Kraftwerk, John Halas and Joy Batchelor blazed a trail for British animators. On their studio’s 80th anniversary, our curator of animation picks his five favourite Halas & Batchelor creations.
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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A documentary about John Halas, the Hungarian-Jewish emigre who became the father of British Animation. John is a key figure in British cinema and his contribution goes far beyond making Animal Farm in 1954, Britain's first animated feature-film.
