Sándor Reisenbüchler
(1935 - 2004)
animation film director, graphic artist, father of actor Sándor Reisenbüchler jr.
Reisenbüchler graduated from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, where he studied documentary film direction. He joined Pannónia Film Studio in 1965, where he became a self-taught graphic artist with pop art influences. Folk tales, fantastic and ecological themes had a particular appeal to him.
With his unique and methodically built oeuvre, Reisenbüchler is one of the greatest artists in the history of Hungarian animation. In 1993 he was awarded the most prestigious national prize for his achievements, the Kossuth Award and he retired in 2002.
Sándor Reisenbüchler's Films
The Rage of the Sun and the Moon
1968
The Rage of the Sun and the Moon is a magical-mythological animated remake of Ferenc Juhász’s poem, which features numerous folklore symbols. Reisenbüchler considered it as a sort of ars poetica.
This visionary film depicts the universal struggle between Good and Evil: the horrors of war and the evil of man banish the Sun and the Moon from the sky…Can the humans get back what they need for their life?
The film was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1969.
Panic
1978
Panic is an idiosyncratic critique of consumerism. The frenetic animated collage transports the familiar trope of monster mayhem to a prismatic alien civilization plastered with magazine cut-outs. Often shown during Star Wars screenings, this awe-striking short became widely beloved and popular in Hungary!
