Among the shorts is The Fly, for which Rofusz won and Oscar, and Deadlock, which was banned under communism. The site has also posted some of Rofusz's commercials, giving a comprehensive overview of his unique style and technique.
Rofusz was born in Budapest in 1946. Though "hugely interested" in film as a primary school pupil, becoming a filmmaker seemed like a pipe dream, Rofusz said in a 2002 interview. After attending drawing classes, he decided making cartoons was a more realistic goal. But, lacking a steady means with which to support himself, attending college was out of the question, so he got a job with Hungary's national film company Mafilm, painting sets and drawing animation.
From 1968, he worked for Pannónia Film Studio, where he worked his way up the chain of animators. Rofusz made his own first animated short, entitled The Stone, in 1974.
Rofusz was prohibited by Hungary's government at the time from accepting his 1981 Academy Award in person. He emigrated to Germany later, then to Canada. There he worked for the National Film Board, set up his own studio and became head of the animation division at C47 Film, where he made more than 60 commercials and animated films. He returned to Hungary to work in 2002.
Source: port.hu
