Joy Batchelor
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1914-05-22 (77 years old)
Deathday
1991-05-14
Place of Birth
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known As
Joy Halas
Joy Batchelor
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 (19...
Acting
2018
as Self (archive Photos)
2014
Production
1954
as Producer
1954
as Screenplay
1954
as Director
1953
as Producer
1954
as Story
1967
as Producer
1967
as Adaptation
1949
as Director
1948
as Director
1956
as Director
1945
as Director
1950
as Producer
1950
as Script
1950
as Director
1942
as Director
1944
as Director
1949
as Producer
1945
as Producer
1948
as Writer
1945
as Animation
1946
as Producer
1948
as Story
1948
as Producer
1959
as Writer
1949
as Director
1942
as Art Designer
1942
as Writer
1942
as Producer
1942
as Animation
1944
as Director
1967
as Director
1964
as Writer
1942
as Director
1949
as Director
1946
as Director
1962
as Story
1948
as Producer
1943
as Director
1952
as Writer
1952
as Producer
1942
as Director
1947
as Character Designer
1947
as Producer
1947
as Director
1947
as Writer
1966
as Director
1970
as Director
1938
as Animation
1964
as Writer
1948
as Director
1948
as Director
1959
as Director
1959
as Story
1949
as Director
1949
as Producer
1949
as Writer
1967
as Script
1943
as Director
1941
as Director
1946
as Director
1943
as Producer
1945
as Director
1945
as Writer
1948
as Story
1948
as Director
1961
as Writer
1952
as Producer
1949
as Director
1949
as Writer
1941
as Director
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