Peter Foldes

Peter Foldes (22 August 1924 in Budapest – 29 March 1977 in Paris) was a Hungarian-British director and animator.

Biography Budapest-born Peter Foldes 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).

Filmography 1952 : Animated genesis, animated short film 1953 : On Closer Inspection, animated short film 1956 : A Short Vision, animated short film 1964 : Appétit d'oiseau, animated short film 1965 : Un garçon plein d'avenir, animated short film 1965-1971 : Dim Dam Dom, television series 1966 : Plus vite, short film 1967 : Éveil, short film 1968 : La Belle cérébrale, short film 1969 : Je, tu, elles... 1971 : Metadata, animated short film 1971 : Narcissus-Echo, animated short film 1974 : Hunger, animated short film 1977 : Rêve, animated short film 1977 : Envisage, animated short film

Paintings « Histo - Art N°1 », 1962, oil on canvas, 161 x 129 cm