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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. Coloriton existed for 4 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 mad...
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John Halas and Joy Batchelor. (until the beginning of the 70s) Tyne Tees Television. (from the 70s until 1986) 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 ...
John Halas and Joy Batchelor were a British husband-and-wife production team, noted for their influential animated films. Halas was educated in Hungary and Paris and apprenticed to George Pal; he moved to England as an animator in 1936. After art school Batchelor became a commercial artist and met.
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Joy Batchelor was born 12 May 1914, in Watford, Hertfordshire. She attended Watford Grammar School for Girls and later attended Watford School of Art, Science and Commerce, to which she had won a scholarship. She was offered placement afterwards at the Slade School of Art, but did not continue schooling to help support her family financially. She w...
Batchelor first began working in animation as an in-betweener for Dennis Connolly's projects. As part of her job as a commercial artist, she worked as a silk-screen printer and printed posters, as well as assisting in design work for fashion magazines. She met John Halas after he advertised for an assistant animator for British Colour Cartoons Limi...
Batchelor had to retire in the mid 1970s due to arthritis, and could no longer work. She taught well past retirement at the London Film School. She died 14 May 1991 in London from an unnamed illness, two days after her 77th birthday. She is survived by her daughter Vivien Halas, who currently manages the Halas & Batchelor collection.
Joy Batchelor at IMDbOde To Joy on YouTube– a short introduction to Batchelor's work, made to mark the centenary of her birth.Jan 1, 2015 · 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. He produced more than 2000 films between 1938 and 1995, launched the careers of hundreds of British animators and was a visionary who wanted to ...
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May 18, 2015 · On 18 May 1940, 80 years ago, Britain’s biggest and most influential animation studio of the 20th century was founded – Halas & Batchelor Cartoon Films. 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 ...
