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Midsummer Nightmare
1964
Writer
Joy Batchelor
Directing
Born:May 22, 1914
Died:May 14, 1991(aged 76)
Birthplace:Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (41 movies)
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7.0
The Magic Canvas
1948
Producer
7.0
7.0
Animal Farm
1954
Director
7.0
7.0
The Figurehead
1952
Producer
6.8
6.8
Automania 2000
1964
Writer
6.0
6.0
Secrets of British Animation
2018
as Self (archive Photos)
6.0
6.0
Handling Ships
1945
Writer
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6.0
6 Little Jungle Boys
1945
Producer
6.0
6.0
Charley's March of Time
1948
Director
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6.0
Your Very Good Health
1948
Director
5.8
5.8
The Christmas Visitor
1959
Writer
5.5
5.5
Ruddigore
1967
Producer
5.0
5.0
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1961
Writer
5.0
5.0
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1947
Director
3.0
3.0
Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949
Director
3.0
3.0
The Candlemaker
1956
Director
Ode to Joy
2014
A Modern Guide to Health
1946
Director
Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943
Director
Cold Comfort
1944
Director
Christmas Wishes
1944
Director
Coastal Navigation
1952
Producer
Fly About the House
1949
Writer
Train Trouble
1946
Director
The Pocket Cartoon
1941
Director
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1941
Director
Abu's Dungeon
1943
Producer
Farmer Charley
1949
Director
Piping Hot
1959
Director
Dustbin Parade
1942
Director
Fable of the Fabrics
1942
Director
Little Tom Thumb
1966
Director
The Five
1970
Director
Charley in New Town
1948
Director
Charley's Black Magic
1949
Producer
Robinson Charley
1948
Writer
R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1949
Director
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1950
Director
Filling the Gap
1942
Director
The Moving Spirit
1953
Producer
Fowl Play
1950
Producer
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