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Joy Batchelor

Animator / Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer / Television Producer | * 05/22/1914 († 76, 05/14/1991) | Watford, Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom (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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Fantasy | Kids & Family

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Movies with Joy Batchelor as Actress(1)

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Movies with Joy Batchelor as Crew(38)

Directing/Director1970 The Five
Directing/Director1967 Ruddigore
Production/Producer1967 Ruddigore
Writing/Adaptation1967 Ruddigore
Writing/Writer1964 Midsummer Nightmare
Writing/Writer1963 Automania 2000
Writing/Writer1959 The Christmas Visitor
Directing/Director1957 The Candlemaker
Directing/Director1954 Animal Farm
Production/Producer1954 Animal Farm
Writing/Screenplay1954 Animal Farm
Production/Producer1953 The Figurehead
Writing/Writer1953 The Figurehead
Production/Producer1950 Fowl Play
Directing/Director1949 Charley Junior's Schooldays
Directing/Director1949 Charley's Black Magic
Production/Producer1949 Charley's Black Magic
Writing/Writer1949 Charley's Black Magic
Directing/Director1949 R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
Production/Producer1948 The Magic Canvas
Directing/Director1948 Robinson Charley
Directing/Director1948 Charley's March of Time
Writing/Story1948 Charley's March of Time
Directing/Director1948 Your Very Good Health
Directing/Director1948 Charley in New Town
Directing/Director1945 Handling Ships
Writing/Writer1945 Handling Ships
Directing/Director1945 6 Little Jungle Boys
Directing/Director1943 Abu's Dungeon
Production/Producer1943 Abu's Dungeon
Directing/Director1942 Filling the Gap
Art/Art Designer1942 Dustbin Parade
Directing/Director1942 Dustbin Parade
Production/Producer1942 Dustbin Parade
Visual Effects/Animation1942 Dustbin Parade
Writing/Writer1942 Dustbin Parade
Visual Effects/Animation1938 Music Man

TV Shows/Series with Joy Batchelor as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1965 DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
Production/Producer1965 DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space

Full Name: Joy Batchelor
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 05/22 1914 (May) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 05/14 1991 (May) in London (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Watford Grammar School for Girls
Spouses (current/former): John Halas
Other names for Joy Batchelor (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joy Halas"
Joy Batchelor frequently works together with these people:
John Halas (44x, Crew)
Matyas Seiber (5x, Crew)
Allan Crick (3x, Crew)
William Traylor (3x, Crew)
Roy Turk (2x, Crew)
Harold Berens (2x, Actor)
Harold Whitaker (2x, Crew)
Digby Turpin (2x, Crew)
W.S. Gilbert (2x, Crew)
Joseph E. Levine (1x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:157519, Added: 07/05/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024