Where to watch Joy Batchelor in the UK
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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 pr…
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- Animal Farm (1954) Director
- DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space (1965) Director
- Ruddigore (1967) Producer
- Secrets of British Animation (2018) as Self (archive Photos)
- The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961) Writer
- Automania 2000 (1964) Writer
- European Folk Tales (1978) Supervising Technical Director
- 6 Little Jungle Boys (1945) Director
- The Figurehead (1952) Writer
- Charley in New Town (1948) Story
- Robinson Charley (1948) Director
- Dustbin Parade (1942) Animation
- Abu's Dungeon (1943) Director
- A Modern Guide to Health (1946) Producer
- Charley's March of Time (1948) Director
- Handling Ships (1945) Writer
- Midsummer Nightmare (1964) Writer
- Charley's Black Magic (1949) Director
- Piping Hot (1959) Story
- The Shoemaker and the Hatter (1950) Script
- Train Trouble (1946) Director
- The Candlemaker (1956) Director
- Filling the Gap (1942) Director
- Fowl Play (1950) Producer
- Abu and the Poisoned Well (1943) Director
- The Christmas Visitor (1959) Writer
- Coastal Navigation (1952) Producer
- The Moving Spirit (1953) Producer
- The Magic Canvas (1948) Producer
- Your Very Good Health (1948) Director
- Charley Junior's Schooldays (1949) Producer
- Music Man (1938) Animation
- Fly About the House (1949) Director
- Little Tom Thumb (1966) Director
- Farmer Charley (1949) Director
- Cold Comfort (1944) Director
- Hamilton in the Music Festival (1961) Story
- Christmas Wishes (1944) Director
- R.A.F.: First Line of Defence (1949) Director
- Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard (1941) Director
- Dolly, Put the Kettle On (1947) Producer
- Fable of the Fabrics (1942) Director
- Ode to Joy (2014) Cast
- Dying for a Smoke (1967) Script
- The Five (1970) Director
- Down a Long Way (1954) Story
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Most-watched Joy Batchelor films currently: Animal Farm (1954), Ruddigore (1967), Secrets of British Animation (2018), The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961), Automania 2000 (1964).
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Selected TV credits: DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space (1965), European Folk Tales (1978).
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