Biography
Joy Ethel Batchelor (12 May 1914 β 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.
Filmography
all 47
Movies 45
Director 29
Writer 7
Producer 7
TV Shows 2
self 1
Secrets of British Animation (2018)
Ode to Joy (2014)
European Folk Tales (1978)
Children and Cars (1970)
The Five (1970)
Dying for a Smoke (1967)
Ruddigore (1967)
Little Tom Thumb (1966)
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space (1965)
Midsummer Nightmare (1964)
Automania 2000 (1964)
Hamilton in the Music Festival (1962)
The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961)
Hamilton the Musical Elephant (1961)
The Christmas Visitor (1959)
Piping Hot (1959)
The Candlemaker (1956)
Animal Farm (1954)
Down a Long Way (1954)
The Moving Spirit (1953)
The Figurehead (1952)
The Owl And The Pussycat (1952)
Fowl Play (1950)
The Shoemaker and the Hatter (1950)
Charley's Black Magic (1949)
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence (1949)
Farmer Charley (1949)
Charley Junior's Schooldays (1949)
The Magic Canvas (1948)
Robinson Charley (1948)
Charley's March of Time (1948)
Charley in New Town (1948)
Your Very Good Health (1948)
Dolly, Put the Kettle On (1947)
A Modern Guide to Health (1946)
Train Trouble (1946)
6 Little Jungle Boys (1945)
Handling Ships (1945)
Christmas Wishes (1944)
Cold Comfort (1944)
Abu's Dungeon (1943)
Abu and the Poisoned Well (1943)
Fable of the Fabrics (1942)
Filling the Gap (1942)
Dustbin Parade (1942)
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard (1941)
Music Man (1938)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1914-05-12
Deathday1991-05-14 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceWatford, United Kingdom
SpouseJohn Halas
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsJoy Halas
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