Marcell Jankovics

Marcell Jankovics

Birth : 1941-10-21, Budapest, Hungary

Death : 2021-05-29

History

Marcell Jankovics was a Serbian-Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He received an Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short film "Sisyphus".

Profile

Marcell Jankovics

Movies

Toldi, a mozifilm
Director
The Tragedy of Man
Writer
Jankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history.
The Tragedy of Man
Director
Jankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history.
Song of the Miraculous Hind
Writer
Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who are only half-human, one being half-bird, the other half-bear. The narrator delves into the origins of Hungarian culture, the Iranian and Turkish influences that impacted the society, and finally the story of Stephen, the emperor who brought Christianity to the country and shifted the capital west in an attempt to link with Europe.
Song of the Miraculous Hind
Director
Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who are only half-human, one being half-bird, the other half-bear. The narrator delves into the origins of Hungarian culture, the Iranian and Turkish influences that impacted the society, and finally the story of Stephen, the emperor who brought Christianity to the country and shifted the capital west in an attempt to link with Europe.
Prometheus
Writer
Prometheus
Director
The Genesis
Director
Marcell Jankovics' adaptation of the Genesis.
Tales from Hungarian History
Writer
A collection of short animated films, adapted from classic Hungarian folktales.
Tales from Hungarian History
Director
A collection of short animated films, adapted from classic Hungarian folktales.
Magyar népmesék 5. A Királykisasszony Cipője
Director
Son of the White Mare
Writer
A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
Son of the White Mare
Director
A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
The Struggle
Writer
Metaphor about art, about time, or how art uses the artist's life in his quest to create his work, in which he was pouring his talent, his vigor, and the best years of his life.
The Struggle
Director
Metaphor about art, about time, or how art uses the artist's life in his quest to create his work, in which he was pouring his talent, his vigor, and the best years of his life.
Mattie the Goose-Boy
Production Design
A young peasant boy stands up to tyranny, aided by his trusting friend - a goose.
Honeymation
Writer
A short animated film about dancing candy figures, accompanied by Hungarian folk melodies.
Gusztáv csal
Director
Short Gusztáv cartoon.
Gusztáv elidegenedik
Director
Short Gusztáv cartoon.
Sisyphus
Director
The film is an artistically spare depiction of the Greek myth of Sisyphus, sentenced to eternally roll a stone up a mountain. The story is presented in a single, unbroken shot, consisting of a dynamic line drawing of Sisyphus, the stone, and the mountainside.
Johnny Corncob
Character Designer
A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death.
Johnny Corncob
Writer
A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death.
Johnny Corncob
Director
A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death.
Deep Waters
Director
A short dynamic animation about a man struggling not to drown.
Inauguration
Animation
Satire on the vicissitudes of a politician who should inaugurate a bridge, and the problems he finds. The inauguration of a new bridge is traditionally a big event. The orchestra play, crowds of people, kids waving flags, media. A prominent person has the honorary assignment of cutting off the red ribbon. But the band resists all attacks by scissors, knives and axes and the resolution becomes macabre and unexpected.
Inauguration
Director
Satire on the vicissitudes of a politician who should inaugurate a bridge, and the problems he finds. The inauguration of a new bridge is traditionally a big event. The orchestra play, crowds of people, kids waving flags, media. A prominent person has the honorary assignment of cutting off the red ribbon. But the band resists all attacks by scissors, knives and axes and the resolution becomes macabre and unexpected.
Dreams on Wings
Director
A 1968 animation short from Marcell Jankovics.
Gustavus: The Fellow-Man
Director
Short Gusztáv cartoon.
Arcmás - Imago
Sound
Arcmás - Imago
Writer
Arcmás - Imago
Director