Marcell Jankovics

The native form of this personal name is Jankovics Marcell. This article uses the Western name order.

Marcell Jankovics (21 October 1941,-) is a Hungarian graphic artist, cartoon director, animator and author. He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short movie "Sisyphus".d^[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 Cannes Film Festival in 1977.^[3]

He was born in Budapest, Hungary. From 1955 he attended the Pannonhalma Benedictine Secondary School. He started working at Pannónia in 1960.

His filmography includes^[4]:

• The Emperor's New Groove
• A Hungarian Fairy Tale
• Fehérlófia
• Ének a Csodaszarvasról
• The Struggle

References

1. ^ "Sisyphus". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073715/. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
2. ^ "Nomination for 1975 Academy Awards". Official Database of the Academy Awards. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1202287666328. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
3. ^ "Awards for Marcell Jankovics". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417757/awards. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
4. ^ Culhane, John. "Marcell Jankovics". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/888449/Marcell-Jankovics. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 

External links

• Jankovics Marcell
• You can view the original "Sisyphus" here
• You can view the GMC ad here

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