Joy Batchelor
Biography
Joy Ethel Batchelor (12 May 1914 – 14 May 1991) was an English animator, director, screenwriter, and producer. She married John Halas in 1940 and subsequently co-established Halas and Batchelor cartoons, whose best known production is the animated feature film Animal Farm (1954), which made her the first woman director of an animated feature since Lotte Reiniger. Together they created over 2000 shorts/films, and produced roughly 70 propaganda pieces during World War II for the British government. She helped co-write, write, animate, produce, and direct many of their productions. One of her projects as an art director was Cinerama Holiday (1955). Joy directed and wrote Ruddigore (1967), a television-film adaptation of W.S. Gilbert's opera of the same name, which became the first opera to be adapted into an animated film. She later worked in television, directing series, including animated shows like The Jackson 5ive (1971). Batchelor died on 14 May 1991, just two days after her 77th birthday.
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Movies (45)
Secrets of British Animation
as Self (archive Photos)
2018
Ode to Joy
2014
The Five
Director (Directing)
1970
Dying for a Smoke
Script (Crew)
1967
Ruddigore
Producer (Production)
1967
Little Tom Thumb
Director (Directing)
1966
Midsummer Nightmare
Writer (Writing)
1964
Automania 2000
Writer (Writing)
1964
Hamilton in the Music Festival
Story (Writing)
1962
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Writer (Writing)
1961
The Christmas Visitor
Writer (Writing)
1959
Piping Hot
Story (Writing)
1959
The Candlemaker
Director (Directing)
1956
Animal Farm
Director (Directing)
1954
Down a Long Way
Story (Writing)
1954
The Moving Spirit
Producer (Production)
1953
Coastal Navigation
Producer (Production)
1952
The Figurehead
Writer (Writing)
1952
Fowl Play
Producer (Production)
1950
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
Script (Crew)
1950
Charley's Black Magic
Director (Directing)
1949
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
Director (Directing)
1949
Farmer Charley
Director (Directing)
1949
Charley Junior's Schooldays
Producer (Production)
1949
Fly About the House
Director (Directing)
1949
The Magic Canvas
Producer (Production)
1948
Robinson Charley
Director (Directing)
1948
Charley's March of Time
Director (Directing)
1948
Charley in New Town
Story (Writing)
1948
Your Very Good Health
Director (Directing)
1948
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Producer (Production)
1947
A Modern Guide to Health
Producer (Production)
1946
Train Trouble
Director (Directing)
1946
6 Little Jungle Boys
Director (Directing)
1945
Handling Ships
Writer (Writing)
1945
Christmas Wishes
Director (Directing)
1944
Cold Comfort
Director (Directing)
1944
Abu and the Poisoned Well
Director (Directing)
1943
Abu's Dungeon
Director (Directing)
1943
Filling the Gap
Director (Directing)
1942
Dustbin Parade
Animation (Visual Effects)
1942
Fable of the Fabrics
Director (Directing)
1942
The Pocket Cartoon
Director (Directing)
1941
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
Director (Directing)
1941
Music Man
Animation (Visual Effects)
1938
