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Joy Batchelor

Director

Joy Batchelor

Directing
1954 · 1 film
Lived
22 May 1914 — d. 1991
From
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.

Career Signature

How Joy Batchelor’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.