# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-halas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:38:21.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-halas"
name: "John Halas"
slug: "john-halas"
description: "John Halas OBE was a Hungarian-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. Halász learned his craft under George Pal, but launched his own career in 1934, and two years later moved to the United Kingdom where later, with his wife Joy Batchelor, founded Halas and Batchelor in 1940."
tagline: "Hungarian animator (1912–1995)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zGtDgzOw94TCblMCDQfetXJA0bq.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1912-04-16"
deathDate: "1995-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.488554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354691/"
    handle:    "nm0354691"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/246960c9-e042-40fb-8d72-e10e83071a48"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جون هالاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Джон Халас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halas"
    title: "John Halas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halas"
    title: "John Halas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halas"
    title: "John Halas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halas"
    title: "John Halas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%C3%A1sz_J%C3%A1nos_(rajzfilmrendez%C5%91)"
    title: "Halász János (rajzfilmrendező)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halas"
    title: "John Halas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halas"
    title: "John Halas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halas"
    title: "John Halas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472545"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70707"
    title: "John Halas"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump