Screenplay: John Halas
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Halas. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Animal Farm
1954 · Movie · 72 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Joy Batchelor · John Halas
Plot Britain's first animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in fact a no-holds-barred adaptation of George Orwell's classic satire on Stalinism, with the animals taking over...
6.8
4K votes
6.8
4K votes
Automania 2000
1964 · Movie · 9 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas
Plot An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing demands for novelty and status consciousness, with...
5.6
93 votes
5.6
93 votes
The Owl and the Pussycat (S)
1952 · Movie · 7 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Borthwick · John Halas
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Children and Cars (S)
1970 · Movie · 8 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas
Plot Some young childrens' idea of the motor car today, and in the future. An animated cartoon of their drawings.
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Birds, Bees and Storks (S)
1965 · Movie · 5 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas
Plot A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where his explanations are so vague...
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Charley's March of Time (S)
1948 · Movie · 9 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Joy Batchelor · John Halas
Cast Harold Berens · Geoffrey Sumner
Plot Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British citizens.
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Dustbin Parade (S)
1942 · Movie · 9 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Joy Batchelor · John Halas
Plot The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.
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Snip and Snap: Top Dogs (S)
1960 · Movie · 7 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas · Thok Søndergaard
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Hamilton the Musical Elephant (S)
1961 · Movie · 10 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas
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The Magic Canvas (S)
1948 · Movie · 10 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas
Plot The Magic Canvas is an abstract cartoon done to alternative Jazz that tells the story of human's duality.
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History of the Cinema (S)
1956 · Movie · 8 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas
Plot A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.
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The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra (S)
1965 · Movie · 7 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Halas
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