
Director
Joy Batchelor
Born 1914 · Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Directed

Animal Farm
Director · 1954
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
Director · 1941
Abu's Dungeon
Director · 1943
Filling the Gap
Director · 1942

DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
Director · 1965

Dustbin Parade
Director · 1942

Ruddigore
Director · 1967

Handling Ships
Director · 1945

Charley in New Town
Director · 1948
Train Trouble
Director · 1946

6 Little Jungle Boys
Director · 1945

Charley's March of Time
Director · 1948

Your Very Good Health
Director · 1948

Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Director · 1947

The Candlemaker
Director · 1956

Charley Junior's Schooldays
Director · 1949

Little Tom Thumb
Director · 1966

Robinson Charley
Director · 1948
Writing

Animal Farm
Screenplay · 1954

Automania 2000
Writer · 1964

Dustbin Parade
Writer · 1942

Ruddigore
Adaptation · 1967

Handling Ships
Writer · 1945

The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Writer · 1961

The Christmas Visitor
Writer · 1959

The Figurehead
Writer · 1952

Charley in New Town
Story · 1948

Midsummer Nightmare
Writer · 1964

Charley's March of Time
Story · 1948

Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Writer · 1947
