Tibor Hernádi
Directing
Biography
Tibor Hernádi was a Hungarian animation director, film director, producer, screenwriter and storyboard artist. Hernádi served as an animation director and layout artist on several animated films throughout his career. He had also directed 86 animated Red Bull commercials between 1992 and 2012. After working as a director on short animated films, Hernádi made his full-length directorial effort in Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988). He also served as the layout artist for the film. The film was heavily panned by critics and fans of the original cartoons. In 1990, he directed the Hungarian animated film Sárkány és papucs; an adaptation of the King Arthur legend. In 1991, Hernádi co-wrote and co-directed The Seventh Brother along with Jeno Koltai. He also served as the character designer of the film.
Known For
Gusztáv, also known as Gustavus, was Hungarian series of animated short cartoons for adults. It was extremely popular in Eastern Europe, where it has achieved cult status. It ran from 1964-1977. Each episode tells an adventure of the main character, Gustav, related to the gray realities of urban life. Characteristic feature of the show was that episodes were independent: for example, Gustav is sometimes a bachelor, sometimes has large family. In Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia the episodes were broadcast on TV in the 80s, usually as airtime filler. The series was also broadcast in Western Europe and even in New Zealand - because it was not using language, other than gibberish sound, it was able to easily transcend boundaries.
Gustavus
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves young Piel alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. Onboard Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad, who knows Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.
Time Masters
In another dimension, the villainous scientist Duke of Zill, with the help of his mechanical, geometric army, ultimately takes over the golden kingdom of Oriana, where Duke has just escaped exile! But Felix the Cat must bravely save Princess Oriana and restore order once again, from her terrible Uncle Zill and his smoke-belching mechanical troops before he can put his sinister plot into action!
Felix the Cat: The Movie
The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo.
Hugo the Hippo
After his owners abandon him in the woods, a puppy befriends a family of rabbits.
The Seventh Brother
The tender-ironic film outlines some well-known situations of the dog-owner relationship.
Let Us Keep a Dog
Queen Guinevere sadly complains to her beloved handmaiden Peggy that her husband, King Arthur, has neglected her for years. The King spends all his time on the platform of the knight's tower or at the famous 'round table'. The women figure that only the good old wizard Merlin can help. Merlin sends Guinevere a powerful magic potion that will help her win back Arthur's love. The ladies bake the potion into a pudding, but it is accidentally eaten by Arthur's favorite knight, Lancelot. To complicate matters, Peggy is in love with Lancelot, but the knight's overdose of magic causes him to fall madly in love with the queen.
Dragon and Slippers
Different tales about animals, including a cat - mouse fight, a big queue for dogs, and an ostrich's story with its egg.
Animalia No. 1
A cheerfully oblivious orange figure bumbles from one surreal situation into another, until he discovers he can escape from the cartoon world into the real one - with unexpected consequences.