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Ferenc Rófusz

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Ferenc Rófusz

Aliases: Ferenc Rofusz

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-08-19 （Budapest）
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian, English
Residence History
Budapest, Hungary → Toronto, Canada → Hungary

Career

Occupations
animator, set designer, set painter
Active Years
1968-2024
Affiliations
Mafilm, Pannónia Filmstúdió, Nelvana
Influenced By
Marcell Jankovics

Awards

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1981
Work: The Fly
Organization: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result: 受賞
Special Prize of the Jury, Stuttgart
1984
Work: Deadlock
Organization: Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Result: 受賞
OIAF Award
1984
Work: Gravity
Organization: Ottawa International Animation Festival
Result: 受賞
Children's Jury Award, Kecskemét Animation Film Festival
2010
Work: Ticket
Organization: Kecskemét Animation Film Festival
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Fly

1980 Animated Short Film

An animated short from the perspective of a fly.

The Stone

1974 Animated Short Film

Deadlock

1982 Animated Short Film

Gravity

1982 Animated Short Film

Cease Fire!

2003 Animated Short Film

A Dog’s Life

2005 Animated Short Film

Ticket

2010 Animated Short Film

Bibliography

  • The Stone
  • The Fly
  • Deadlock
  • Gravity
  • Cease Fire!
  • A Dog’s Life
  • Ticket

Legacy

Hungarian animator known for winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1981.

Trivia

  • At the 1981 Oscars, the Hungarian film studio director impersonated Rófusz to accept the award but was exposed by a friend and forced to return it.