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Marcell Jankovics (21 October 1941 – 29 May 2021) was a Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He is best known for the animated films ''
Johnny Corncob ''Johnny Corncob'' (Hungarian: ''János vitéz'') is a 1973 Hungarian animated adventure film directed by Marcell Jankovics. Summary It tells the story of a young man who goes on an adventure as a soldier, while longing to be reunited with the ...
'' (1973; the first animated feature of his native country) and '' Son of the White Mare'' (1981; cited as one of the best animated films ever made).


Life and career

Jankovics was born on 21 October 1941 in
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, Hungary. From 1955 he attended the
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Benedictine Secondary School. He started working at Pannónia in 1960. In 1973, he wrote and directed Hungary's first ever animated feature film, ''
Johnny Corncob ''Johnny Corncob'' (Hungarian: ''János vitéz'') is a 1973 Hungarian animated adventure film directed by Marcell Jankovics. Summary It tells the story of a young man who goes on an adventure as a soldier, while longing to be reunited with the ...
'', based on the 1845 narrative poem ''John the Valiant'' by
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. His fourth feature film '' The Tragedy of Man'' was in production from 1988 until its release in 2011. He died on 29 May 2021.


Accolades and legacy

He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short film ''
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.'' That film was used for a GMC Yukon Hybrid ad during the 2008
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based on an agreement between the Hungarian
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Pannónia and GM. He also received a
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for the short film '' The Struggle'' at the
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. He has been presented multiple awards at the
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since 1985. In 2009, he was presented with the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts. In 2021, he received the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival. ''Son of the White Mare'' was placed #49 on the Olympiad of Animation in 1984. Animation historian Charles Solomon listed ''The White Mare's Son'' as one of the best animated films of the 1980s.


Filmography

His filmography includes: *''
Johnny Corncob ''Johnny Corncob'' (Hungarian: ''János vitéz'') is a 1973 Hungarian animated adventure film directed by Marcell Jankovics. Summary It tells the story of a young man who goes on an adventure as a soldier, while longing to be reunited with the ...
'' (''János vitéz'') (1973) *''
Sisyphus In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos (; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος ''Sísyphos'') was the founder and king of Ancient Corinth, Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus's abduction of Aegina (mythology), Aegina to the river god As ...
'' (1974) *'' The Struggle'' (''Küzdők'') (1977) *'' Son of the White Mare'' (''Fehérlófia'') (1981) *''A Székely asszony és az ördög'' ("The Transylvanian Woman and the Devil") (1985) - Winner of the 1st KAFF Prize for Best Series. *''Hol volt, hol nem volt'' (" A Hungarian Fairy Tale") (1987) * ''Tangram'' (1988) - Winner of the KAFF Award for Best Animation.
2. Kecskeméti Animációs Filmfesztivál
'. Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 1988.
*'' 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"). 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") *''Jankula'' (1993) - Winner of the KAFF Award for the Category of Cultural History *'' Ének a Csodaszarvasról'' ("Song of the Miraculous Hind") (2002) - Winner of the KAFF-Sponsored Award of the National Radio and Television Commission. *'' Az ember tragédiája'' ("The Tragedy of Man") (2011) - Jankovics was awarded the KAFF Prize for Best Visual Language for the sequence entitled "Egy jottányit sem!" ("Not an iota!") from ''Az ember tragédiája VII. szín'' ("The Tragedy of Man Part 7), and the Jury's Special Mention at the 8th
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for this work.
11. Kecskeméti Animációs Filmfesztivál 8. Európai Animációs Játékfilm Fesztivál
'. Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 2013.
* Toldi (2022)


References


External links

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''Jankovics Marcell''
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''Son of the White Mare''trailers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jankovics, Marcell 1941 births 2021 deaths Hungarian film directors 20th-century Hungarian screenwriters Hungarian male screenwriters Mass media people from Budapest People educated at the Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma Hungarian animators Hungarian animated film directors Hungarian graphic artists 21st-century Hungarian screenwriters