Marcell Jankovics
Marcell Jankovics (born 21 October 1941) is a Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short movie Sisyphus[1][2] That movie was used for a GMC Yukon Hybrid ad during 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 1977 Cannes Film Festival.[3] He has been presented multiple awards at the Kecskemét Animation Film Festival since 1985. In 2009, he was presented the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts[4] His fourth feature film The Tragedy of Man was in production from 1988 until its release in 2011.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary. From 1955 he attended the Pannonhalma Benedictine Secondary School. He started working at Pannónia in 1960.
Filmography
His filmography includes:
- Johnny Corncob (János vitéz) (1973)
- Sisyphus (1974)
- The Struggle (Küzdők) (1977)
- Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) (1981)[5]
- A Székely asszony és az ördög ("The Transsylvanian Woman and the Devil") (1985) - Winner of the 1st KAFF Prize for Best Series.[6]
- Hol volt, hol nem volt ("A Hungarian Fairy Tale") (1987)[5]
- Tangram (1988) - Winner of the KAFF Award for Best Animation.[7]
- Magyar népmesék ("Hungarian Folk Tales") (1988-1996) - Jankovics was awarded the KAFF Prize for Best Film Series together with Zsuzsanna Kricskovics for their work on the episode entitled "Mindent járó malmocska" ("Mill Film").[7] He would go on to win the KAFF Prize for Best TV Series with Mária Horvát in 1996 for their work on the episode entitled "A pityke és a kökény" ("The Han and the Wild Plum")[8]
- Jankula (1993) - Winner of the KAFF Award for the Category of Cultural History[9]
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)[5]
- Ének a Csodaszarvasról ("A Song About the Miraculous Hind") (2002) - Winner of the KAFF-Sponsored Award of the National Radio and Television Commission.[10]
- Az ember tragédiája ("The Tragedy of Man") (2007) - Jankovics was awarded the KAFF Prize for Best Visual Language for the sequence entitled "Egy jottányit sem!" ("Not a Yod!") from Az ember tragédiája VII. szín ("The Tragedy of Man Part 7),[11] and the Jury's Special Mention at the 8th Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV Specials for this work.[12]
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