
Known for
Directing
Born
August 22, 1924
Birthplace
Budapest, Hungary
Died
March 29, 1977 (aged 52)
Budapest-born Peter Foldes (1924-1977) was one of a number of Hungarian artists (another was the film's composer Mátyás Seiber) who ended up working with fellow countryman John Halas on the latter's animated films after he moved to Britain in 1946. After leaving Halas, Foldes made a number of animated films in collaboration with his British wife Joan (b. 1924), starting with the allegorical Animated Genesis (1952), On Closer Inspection (1953) and A Short Vision (1956). A Short Vision became one of the most influential British animated films ever made, when it was screened on US television as part of the popular Ed Sullivan Show. Although children were advised to leave the room while it play...
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1985
1981
Animation
1977
Director
1976
Director
1975
Director
1974
Director
1973
Director, Animation, Writer
1971
Director
1971
Director
1970
Director
1968
Director
1968
Director
1968
Director
1967
Director
1967
Director
1966
Director
1965
Director
1956
Director, Writer, Producer
1953
Cinematography, Director, Producer, Writer
1952
Director, Editor, Animation, Director of Photography, Story, Producer