Joy Batchelor
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 22, 1914
- Died
- May 14, 1991 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
The Five
Movie · Director
Bolly in A Space Adventure
Movie · Director
Ruddigore
Movie · Director
Little Tom Thumb
Movie · Director
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
TV · Director · 71 eps
Piping Hot
Movie · Director
The Candlemaker
Movie · Director
Animal Farm
Movie · Director
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
Movie · Director
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
Movie · Director
Charley Junior's Schooldays
Movie · Director
Farmer Charley
Movie · Director
Charley's Black Magic
Movie · Director
Fly About the House
Movie · Director
Robinson Charley
Movie · Director
Your Very Good Health
Movie · Director
Charley in New Town
Movie · Director
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Movie · Director
A Modern Guide to Health
Movie · Director
Train Trouble
Movie · Director
6 Little Jungle Boys
Movie · Director
Handling Ships
Movie · Director
Cold Comfort
Movie · Director
Christmas Wishes
Movie · Director
Abu and the Poisoned Well
Movie · Director
Abu's Dungeon
Movie · Director
Filling the Gap
Movie · Director
Dustbin Parade
Movie · Director
Fable of the Fabrics
Movie · Director
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
Movie · Director