Joy Batchelor
Directing
1914-05-22 · 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 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
Secrets of British Animation
2018 · Movie
Ode to Joy
2014 · Movie
European Folk Tales
1978 · Series
The Five
1970 · Movie
Bolly in A Space Adventure
1968 · Movie
Dying for a Smoke
1967 · Movie
Ruddigore
1967 · Movie
Little Tom Thumb
1966 · Movie
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
1965 · Series
Midsummer Nightmare
1964 · Movie
Automania 2000
1964 · Movie
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1961 · Movie
Hamilton in the Music Festival
1961 · Movie
The Christmas Visitor
1959 · Movie
Piping Hot
1959 · Movie
The Candlemaker
1956 · Movie
Animal Farm
1954 · Movie
Down a Long Way
1954 · Movie
The Moving Spirit
1953 · Movie
Coastal Navigation
1952 · Movie
The Figurehead
1952 · Movie
Fowl Play
1950 · Movie
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1950 · Movie
Charley's Black Magic
1949 · Movie
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1949 · Movie
Farmer Charley
1949 · Movie
Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949 · Movie
Fly About the House
1949 · Movie
The Magic Canvas
1948 · Movie
Robinson Charley
1948 · Movie
Charley in New Town
1948 · Movie
Your Very Good Health
1948 · Movie
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1947 · Movie
A Modern Guide to Health
1946 · Movie
Train Trouble
1946 · Movie
6 Little Jungle Boys
1945 · Movie
Handling Ships
1945 · Movie
Christmas Wishes
1944 · Movie
Cold Comfort
1944 · Movie
Abu's Dungeon
1943 · Movie
Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943 · Movie
Dustbin Parade
1942 · Movie
Filling the Gap
1942 · Movie
Fable of the Fabrics
1942 · Movie
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1941 · Movie
Music Man
1938 · Movie
How the Motor Car Works: Part II
Movie