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Joy Batchelor

Joy Batchelor

Known For Directing
Birthday May 22, 1914
Died May 14, 1991 (76)
Birthplace Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Sep 20, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Filmography

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Ruddigore

Ruddigore

1967

Adaptation

Automania 2000

Automania 2000

1964

Writer

The Christmas Visitor

The Christmas Visitor

1959

Writer

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

1954

Screenplay

The Figurehead

The Figurehead

1952

Writer

Charley's Black Magic

Charley's Black Magic

1949

Writer

Robinson Charley

Robinson Charley

1948

Writer

Charley in New Town

Charley in New Town

1948

Story

Handling Ships

Handling Ships

1945

Writer

6 Little Jungle Boys

6 Little Jungle Boys

1945

Animation

Music Man

Music Man

1938

Animation

Ruddigore

Ruddigore

1967

Director

The Candlemaker

The Candlemaker

1956

Director

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

1954

Director

Farmer Charley

Farmer Charley

1949

Director

Charley's Black Magic

Charley's Black Magic

1949

Director

Robinson Charley

Robinson Charley

1948

Director

Charley's March of Time

Charley's March of Time

1948

Director

Your Very Good Health

Your Very Good Health

1948

Director

Charley in New Town

Charley in New Town

1948

Director

A Modern Guide to Health

A Modern Guide to Health

1946

Director

Handling Ships

Handling Ships

1945

Director

6 Little Jungle Boys

6 Little Jungle Boys

1945

Director

Abu's Dungeon

Abu's Dungeon

1943

Director

Ruddigore

Ruddigore

1967

Producer

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

1954

Producer

The Figurehead

The Figurehead

1952

Producer

Charley's Black Magic

Charley's Black Magic

1949

Producer

The Magic Canvas

The Magic Canvas

1948

Producer

Charley in New Town

Charley in New Town

1948

Producer

A Modern Guide to Health

A Modern Guide to Health

1946

Producer

6 Little Jungle Boys

6 Little Jungle Boys

1945

Producer

Abu's Dungeon

Abu's Dungeon

1943

Producer

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