John Halas
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 85
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- April 16, 1912
- Died
- January 21, 1995
- Place of birth
- Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- Also known as
- János Halász
Biography
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.
