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Joy Batchelor

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Joy Batchelor

Born May 22, 1914 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UKDied May 14, 199129 films

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.

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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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Animal Farm posterFirst watchAnimal Farm19547.1Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.View film

Filmography

29 films as director
  1. 1970The FiveDirector
  2. 1968Bolly in A Space AdventureDirector
  3. 1967RuddigoreDirector
  4. 1966Little Tom ThumbDirector
  5. 1959Piping HotDirector
  6. 1956The CandlemakerDirector
  7. 1954Animal FarmDirector
  8. 1950The Shoemaker and the HatterDirector
  9. 1949Charley's Black MagicDirector
  10. 1949R.A.F.: First Line of DefenceDirector
  11. 1949Farmer CharleyDirector
  12. 1949Charley Junior's SchooldaysDirector
  13. 1949Fly About the HouseDirector
  14. 1948Robinson CharleyDirector
  15. 1948Charley in New TownDirector
  16. 1948Your Very Good HealthDirector
  17. 1947Dolly, Put the Kettle OnDirector
  18. 1946A Modern Guide to HealthDirector
  19. 1946Train TroubleDirector
  20. 19456 Little Jungle BoysDirector
  21. 1945Handling ShipsDirector
  22. 1944Christmas WishesDirector
  23. 1944Cold ComfortDirector
  24. 1943Abu and the Poisoned WellDirector
  25. 1943Abu's DungeonDirector
  26. 1942Filling the GapDirector
  27. 1942Dustbin ParadeDirector
  28. 1942Fable of the FabricsDirector
  29. 1941Carnival in the Clothes CupboardDirector