Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: He was born in Budapest , Hungary , in 1952 , and after four years at the PannÃ nia animation studios , emigrated to the West in 1975 .
Simplified: He was born in Budapest , Hungary , in 1952 , and after four years at the PannÃ nia animation studios , fled to the West in 1975 .