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.
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John Halas was a pioneering Hungarian-British animator and co-founder of the influential Halas and Batchelor studio.
He is best known for directing Britain's first animated feature film, Animal Farm, and the Academy Award-nominated short Automania 2000.
