Joy Batchelor
Directing
Born 1914-05-22
Died 1991-05-14
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
46 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Directing
26 credits
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
The Five
Piping Hot
6 Little Jungle Boys
A Modern Guide to Health
Robinson Charley
Abu and the Poisoned Well
Charley's March of Time
Abu's Dungeon
Fable of the Fabrics
Charley Junior's Schooldays
Little Tom Thumb
The Candlemaker
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
Charley's Black Magic
Handling Ships
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
Train Trouble
Farmer Charley
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Your Very Good Health
Filling the Gap
Fly About the House
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
Christmas Wishes
Cold Comfort
Writing
17 credits
Animal Farm
Piping Hot
Charley in New Town
Down a Long Way
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
The Figurehead
The Christmas Visitor
Robinson Charley
Charley's March of Time
Automania 2000
Charley's Black Magic
Handling Ships
Dustbin Parade
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Midsummer Nightmare
Hamilton in the Music Festival
Fly About the House
Producing
14 credits
Animal Farm
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
Ruddigore
Charley in New Town
6 Little Jungle Boys
The Figurehead
A Modern Guide to Health
Abu's Dungeon
Fowl Play
The Magic Canvas
Charley Junior's Schooldays
The Moving Spirit
Dustbin Parade
Coastal Navigation
Acting
6 credits
Secrets of British Animation
Ruddigore
European Folk Tales
Dying for a Smoke
Music Man
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
Other credits
1 credit
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