Marcell Jankovics

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The native form of this personal name is Jankovics Marcell. This article uses the Western name order.

Marcell Jankovics (21 October 1941,-) is a Hungarian Oscar nominated[1][2] graphic artist, cartoon director, animator and author. He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short movie "Sisyphus". That movie was used for a GMC Yukon Hybrid ad at the 2008 Super Bowl based on an agreement between the Hungarian film studio Pannónia and GM. He also received a Palme d'Or for the short movie "The Struggle" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977[3].

He was born in Budapest, Hungary. From 1955 he attended the Pannonhalma Benedictine Secondary School. He started working at Pannónia in 1960.

His filmography includes[4]:

  • The Emperor's New Groove
  • A Hungarian Fairy Tale
  • Fehérlófia
  • Ének a Csodaszarvasról
  • The Struggle

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sisyphus. IMDB. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  2. ^ Nomination for 1975 Academy Awards. Official Database of the Academy Awards. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  3. ^ Awards for Marcell Jankovics. IMDB. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  4. ^ Marcell Jankovics. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.

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