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Joy Batchelor
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2018
Secrets of British Animation
Movie Self (archive Photos)
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2014
Ode to Joy
Movie
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1978
European Folk Tales
TV show Supervising Technical Director
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1970
The Five
Movie Director
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1968
Bolly in A Space Adventure
Movie Director
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1967
Dying for a Smoke
Movie Script
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1967
Ruddigore
Movie Adaptation
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1966
Little Tom Thumb
Movie Director
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1965
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
TV show Director
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1964
Midsummer Nightmare
Movie Writer
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1964
Automania 2000
Movie Writer
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1961
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Movie Writer
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1961
Hamilton in the Music Festival
Movie Story
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1959
The Christmas Visitor
Movie Writer
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1959
Piping Hot
Movie Director
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1956
The Candlemaker
Movie Director
More credits
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1954
Animal Farm
Movie Producer
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1954
Down a Long Way
Movie Story
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1953
The Moving Spirit
Movie Producer
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1952
Coastal Navigation
Movie Producer
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1952
The Figurehead
Movie Writer
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1950
Fowl Play
Movie Producer
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1950
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
Movie Director
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1949
Charley's Black Magic
Movie Director
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1949
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
Movie Director
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1949
Farmer Charley
Movie Director
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1949
Charley Junior's Schooldays
Movie Producer
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1949
Fly About the House
Movie Director
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1948
The Magic Canvas
Movie Producer
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1948
Robinson Charley
Movie Director
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1948
Your Very Good Health
Movie Director
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1948
Charley in New Town
Movie Story
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1947
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Movie Director
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1946
A Modern Guide to Health
Movie Producer
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1946
Train Trouble
Movie Director
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1945
6 Little Jungle Boys
Movie Director
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1945
Handling Ships
Movie Director
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1944
Christmas Wishes
Movie Director
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1944
Cold Comfort
Movie Director
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1943
Abu's Dungeon
Movie Director
