Joy Batchelor

Directing·May 22, 1914·Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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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.

Film	Credit
Secrets of British Animation2018 · Self (archive Photos)	Self (archive Photos)
OOde to Joy2014 · Actor	Actor
The Five1970 · Director	Director
Ruddigore1967 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Little Tom Thumb1966 · Director	Director
Midsummer Nightmare1964 · Writer	Writer
Automania 20001964 · Writer	Writer
The Monster of Highgate Ponds1961 · Writer	Writer
The Christmas Visitor1959 · Writer	Writer
Piping Hot1959 · Director	Director
The Candlemaker1956 · Director	Director
Animal Farm1954 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
TThe Moving Spirit1953 · Producer	Producer
CCoastal Navigation1952 · Producer	Producer
The Figurehead1952 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Fowl Play1950 · Producer	Producer
TThe Shoemaker and the Hatter1950 · Director	Director
Charley's Black Magic1949 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
RR.A.F.: First Line of Defence1949 · Director	Director
Farmer Charley1949 · Director	Director
Charley Junior's Schooldays1949 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
FFly About the House1949 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Magic Canvas1948 · Producer	Producer
Robinson Charley1948 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Charley's March of Time1948 · Director	Director
Charley in New Town1948 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Your Very Good Health1948 · Director	Director
Dolly, Put the Kettle On1947 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
A Modern Guide to Health1946 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
TTrain Trouble1946 · Director	Director
6 Little Jungle Boys1945 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Handling Ships1945 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Christmas Wishes1944 · Director	Director
Cold Comfort1944 · Director	Director
AAbu and the Poisoned Well1943 · Director	Director
AAbu's Dungeon1943 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
FFilling the Gap1942 · Director	Director
Dustbin Parade1942 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Fable of the Fabrics1942 · Director	Director
CCarnival in the Clothes Cupboard1941 · Director	Director