Joy Batchelor

Directing
BirthdayMay 22, 1914 (77 years old)
DeathdayMay 14, 1991
Place of birthWatford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
GenderFemale

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.

Known for

Self (archive Photos)

Nov 19, 2018

Jan 1, 2014

Self (archive Photos)

Nov 19, 2018

Jan 1, 2014

Acting


Participated in 42 movies, 2 TV series

2018

Self (archive Photos)



1978

Supervising Technical Director


1970

Director



1967

Adaptation, Producer, Director


1966


1965



1964


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