Joy Batchelor
English animator, director and producer (1914-1991) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 77
Joy Ethel Batchelor was an English animator, director, screenwriter, and producer.
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The FiveFilm, Director1968
Bolly in A Space AdventureFilm, Director1966
Little Tom ThumbFilm, Director1965
DoDo, The Kid from Outer SpaceSeries, Director, Producer1961
Hamilton in the Music FestivalFilm, Writer1959
Piping HotFilm, Director, Writer1954
Animal FarmFilm, Director, Writer1952Coastal NavigationFilm, Producer1949
Charley Junior's SchooldaysFilm, Director, Producer1948
Charley in New TownFilm, Director, Writer1946
A Modern Guide to HealthFilm, Director, Producer1944
Cold ComfortFilm, Director1943Abu and the Poisoned WellFilm, Director1941Carnival in the Clothes CupboardFilm, Director1914Born12 May 1914People around Joy
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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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