"1912-04-16Z"^^ . "1995Z"^^ . "This article is about the animator. For the politician see J\u00E1nos Hal\u00E1sz.John Halas (born J\u00E1nos Hal\u00E1sz 16 April 1912 Budapest, Hungary \u2013 21 January 1995, London, England) was a Hungarian animator. He learned his craft under George Pal, but launched his own career in 1934, and two years later moved to England where later, with his wife Joy Batchelor, founded Halas and Batchelor in 1940.Over the years they made over 70 short subjects during the war, using propaganda from the time."@en . "Hungarian animator" . "1912Z"^^ . "Halasm, John"@en . "1995-01-21Z"^^ .