Joy Batchelor

ActorCrewDirectorWriterProducer May 22 (died age 76) Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK 1938–2018 (80 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Animal Farm

Director

Film

Automania 2000

Writer

Film

The Christmas Visitor

Writer

Film

The Magic Canvas

Producer

Film

Ruddigore

Adaptation

Film

The Monster of Highgate Ponds

Writer

Film

Midsummer Nightmare

Writer

Film

The Figurehead

Producer

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

Secrets of British Animation

2018

as Self (archive Photos)

6.0

Ode to Joy

2014

Crew (72)

Movies (69)

The Five

1970

Director

Dying for a Smoke

1967

Script

Ruddigore

Adaptation

Ruddigore

Director

Ruddigore

Producer

Little Tom Thumb

Director

Automania 2000

Writer

Midsummer Nightmare

Writer

The Monster of Highgate Ponds

1961

Writer

5.0

Hamilton in the Music Festival

1961

Story

The Christmas Visitor

1959

Writer

5.8

Piping Hot

1959

Director

Piping Hot

1959

Story

The Candlemaker

Director

Animal Farm

Director

Animal Farm

Producer

Animal Farm

Screenplay

Down a Long Way

Story

The Moving Spirit

1953

Producer

The Figurehead

Producer

The Figurehead

Writer

Coastal Navigation

Producer

The Shoemaker and the Hatter

1950

Director

The Shoemaker and the Hatter

1950

Script

Fowl Play

1950

Producer

Fly About the House

1949

Director

Fly About the House

1949

Writer

Farmer Charley

1949

Director

Charley's Black Magic

1949

Director

Charley's Black Magic

1949

Producer

Charley's Black Magic

1949

Writer

Charley Junior's Schooldays

1949

Director

3.0

Charley Junior's Schooldays

1949

Producer

3.0

R.A.F.: First Line of Defence

1949

Director

Your Very Good Health

1948

Director

6.0

Charley's March of Time

1948

Director

6.0

Charley's March of Time

Story

The Magic Canvas

Producer

Robinson Charley

Director

Robinson Charley

1948

Writer

Charley in New Town

1948

Director

Charley in New Town

1948

Producer

Charley in New Town

1948

Story

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

1947

Character Designer

5.0

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

1947

Director

5.0

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

1947

Producer

5.0

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

1947

Writer

5.0

Train Trouble

1946

Director

A Modern Guide to Health

1946

Director

A Modern Guide to Health

1946

Producer

6 Little Jungle Boys

Animation

6 Little Jungle Boys

Director

6 Little Jungle Boys

Producer

Handling Ships

Director

Handling Ships

Writer

Christmas Wishes

Director

Cold Comfort

1944

Director

Abu's Dungeon

1943

Director

Abu's Dungeon

1943

Producer

Abu and the Poisoned Well

1943

Director

Dustbin Parade

1942

Animation

Dustbin Parade

1942

Art Designer

Dustbin Parade

1942

Director

Dustbin Parade

1942

Producer

Dustbin Parade

1942

Writer

Fable of the Fabrics

1942

Director

Filling the Gap

1942

Director

Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard

1941

Director

Music Man

1938

Animation

Television (3)

European Folk Tales

1978

Supervising Technical Director

DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space

1965

Director

DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space

1965

Producer