Joy Batchelor
Directing
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
Directing30
movieThe Five
1970
Director
movieRuddigore
1967
Director
movieLittle Tom Thumb
1966
Director
moviePiping Hot
1959
Director
movieThe Candlemaker
1956
Director
movieAnimal Farm
1954
Director
movieCharley's Black Magic
1949
Director
movieFarmer Charley
1949
Director
movieRobinson Charley
1948
Director
movieCharley's March of Time
1948
Director
movieCharley in New Town
1948
Director
movieYour Very Good Health
1948
Director
movie6 Little Jungle Boys
1945
Director
movieHandling Ships
1945
Director
movieChristmas Wishes
1944
Director
movieCold Comfort
1944
Director
movieDustbin Parade
1942
Director
movieFable of the Fabrics
1942
Director
Writing18
movieRuddigore
1967
Adaptation
movieAutomania 2000
1964
Writer
moviePiping Hot
1959
Story
movieAnimal Farm
1954
Screenplay
movieThe Figurehead
1952
Writer
movieHandling Ships
1945
Writer
movieDustbin Parade
1942
Writer
Production16
movieRuddigore
1967
Producer
movieAnimal Farm
1954
Producer
movieThe Figurehead
1952
Producer
movieFowl Play
1950
Producer
movieCharley's Black Magic
1949
Producer
movieThe Magic Canvas
1948
Producer
movieCharley in New Town
1948
Producer
movie6 Little Jungle Boys
1945
Producer
movieDustbin Parade
1942
Producer
Visual Effects4
movieDolly, Put the Kettle On
1947
Character Designer
movie6 Little Jungle Boys
1945
Animation
movieDustbin Parade
1942
Animation
movieMusic Man
1938
Animation
Crew3
tvEuropean Folk Tales
1978
Supervising Technical Director
Acting2
movieSecrets of British Animation
2018
Self (archive Photos)
Art1
movieDustbin Parade
1942
Art Designer