
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 (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.
Acting (1 movie)
Directing (30 movies)

Animal Farm
1954
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1949

Robinson Charley
1948

The Candlemaker
1956

6 Little Jungle Boys
1945
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1950
Filling the Gap
1942

Cold Comfort
1944

Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949

Christmas Wishes
1944

Ruddigore
1967

Dustbin Parade
1942

Farmer Charley
1949

A Modern Guide to Health
1946
Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943

Fable of the Fabrics
1942

Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1947

Little Tom Thumb
1966

The Five
1970

Charley in New Town
1948

Your Very Good Health
1948

Piping Hot
1959

Charley's Black Magic
1949
Train Trouble
1946
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1941
Abu's Dungeon
1943

Handling Ships
1945

Charley's March of Time
1948
Fly About the House
1949
The Pocket Cartoon
1941
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Dustbin Parade | 1942 | Writer | 
| Dustbin Parade | 1942 | Producer | 
| Abu's Dungeon | 1943 | Producer | 
| Handling Ships | 1945 | Writer | 
| 6 Little Jungle Boys | 1945 | Producer | 
| A Modern Guide to Health | 1946 | Producer | 
| Dolly, Put the Kettle On | 1947 | Writer | 
| Dolly, Put the Kettle On | 1947 | Producer | 
| Charley in New Town | 1948 | Producer | 
| Robinson Charley | 1948 | Writer | 
| The Magic Canvas | 1948 | Producer | 
| Fly About the House | 1949 | Writer | 
| Charley Junior's Schooldays | 1949 | Producer | 
| Charley's Black Magic | 1949 | Writer | 
| Charley's Black Magic | 1949 | Producer | 
| Fowl Play | 1950 | Producer | 
| The Figurehead | 1952 | Writer | 
| The Figurehead | 1952 | Producer | 
| Coastal Navigation | 1952 | Producer | 
| The Moving Spirit | 1953 | Producer | 
| Animal Farm | 1954 | Producer | 
| Animal Farm | 1954 | Screenplay | 
| The Christmas Visitor | 1959 | Writer | 
| The Monster of Highgate Ponds | 1961 | Writer | 
| Automania 2000 | 1964 | Writer | 
| Midsummer Nightmare | 1964 | Writer | 
| Ruddigore | 1967 | Producer | 
