Joy Batchelor

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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 pr…

  • Directing
  • Born 22 May 1914
  • Died 14 May 1991 (age 76)
  • Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
  • 46 credits

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Most-watched Joy Batchelor films currently: Animal Farm (1954), Ruddigore (1967), Secrets of British Animation (2018), The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961), Automania 2000 (1964).

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Selected TV credits: DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space (1965), European Folk Tales (1978).

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