Ferenc Rófusz (born 19 August 1946) is a Hungarian

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. He is known for the 1980 Academy Award-winning animated short '' The Fly''.

Biography

Rófusz was born in 1946 in

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. His interest in animation and film making started relatively early. During his studies he took special drawing and animating courses. He started to work at the Hungarian film studio

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as set designer, set painter and animator. In 1968 he joined Pannónia Filmstúdió and partnered Marcell Jankovics on the animation project ''Gusztáv'' ("Gustavus"). In 1974 he made his first animated film ''A kő'' ("The Stone"), and six years later for ''A Légy'' (" The Fly") he received the

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was a Communist country at the time, and Rófusz himself was not allowed to leave the country to attend the Oscars. However, without his knowledge, the director of the Hungarian film company, István Dósai presented himself as Rofusz and accepted the award during the show. Later that evening, he was debunked by one of Rófusz's friends, and thus the organizers forced Dósai to give back the award.

Later works

In the early 1980s, Rófusz released two new animated films, ''Holtpont'' ("Deadlock", Stuttgart - Special Prize of the Jury 1984) and ''Gravitáció'' ("Gravity", OIAF Award, 1984). In 1988 he moved to Canada and began working at Toronto's

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studio. In 2002 he returned to

. Some of his recent works include ''Tüzet szüntess!'' ("Cease Fire!", 2003), ''A Dog’s Life'' (2005), and ''Ticket'' (2010), the latter of which won him the Children's Jury Award at the 10th

Kecskemét Animation Film Festival Kecskemét Animation Film Festival () (KAFF) is an animated film festival held biennially during the month of June in Kecskemét, Hungary. Although the bulk of the festival is oriented toward efforts in Hungarian animation, the associated KAFF-spo ...

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"The Fly" at Cartoon Brew
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Later works

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