Joy Batchelor
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.
Animal Farm
(Director)
Animal Farm
(Producer)
Animal Farm
(Screenplay)
The Moving Spirit
(Producer)
Down a Long Way
(Story)
Ruddigore
(Producer)
Ruddigore
(Adaptation)
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
(Director)
Robinson Charley
(Director)
The Candlemaker
(Director)
6 Little Jungle Boys
(Director)
Fowl Play
(Producer)
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
(Script)
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
(Director)
Filling the Gap
(Director)
Cold Comfort
(Director)
Charley Junior's Schooldays
(Producer)
Robinson Charley
(Writer)
6 Little Jungle Boys
(Animation)
6 Little Jungle Boys
(Producer)
A Modern Guide to Health
(Producer)
Charley in New Town
(Story)
Charley in New Town
(Producer)
The Christmas Visitor
(Writer)
Charley Junior's Schooldays
(Director)
Dustbin Parade
(Animation)
Dustbin Parade
(Writer)
Dustbin Parade
(Art Designer)
Dustbin Parade
(Producer)
Christmas Wishes
(Director)
Ruddigore
(Director)
Automania 2000
(Writer)
Dustbin Parade
(Director)
Farmer Charley
(Director)
A Modern Guide to Health
(Director)
Hamilton in the Music Festival
(Story)
The Magic Canvas
(Producer)
Abu and the Poisoned Well
(Director)
The Figurehead
(Writer)
The Figurehead
(Producer)
Fable of the Fabrics
(Director)
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
(Producer)
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
(Writer)
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
(Character Designer)
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
(Director)
Little Tom Thumb
(Director)
The Five
(Director)
Music Man
(Animation)
Midsummer Nightmare
(Writer)
Charley in New Town
(Director)
Your Very Good Health
(Director)
Piping Hot
(Story)
Piping Hot
(Director)
Charley's Black Magic
(Director)
Charley's Black Magic
(Writer)
Charley's Black Magic
(Producer)
Dying for a Smoke
(Script)
Train Trouble
(Director)
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
(Director)
Abu's Dungeon
(Director)
Abu's Dungeon
(Producer)
Handling Ships
(Writer)
Handling Ships
(Director)
Charley's March of Time
(Director)
Charley's March of Time
(Story)
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
(Writer)
European Folk Tales
(Supervising Technical Director)
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
(Director)
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
(Producer)