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She married John Halas in 1940 [3] 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.
Halas and Batchelor was a British animation company founded by husband and wife John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Halas was a Hungarian émigré to the United Kingdom . The company had studios in London and Cainscross, in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire.
John Halas and Joy Batchelor (respectively, born April 16, 1912, Budapest, Hungary—died Jan. 20/21, 1995, London, England; born May 12, 1914, Watford, Hertfordshire, England—died May 14, 1991, London) were a British husband-and-wife production team, noted for their influential animated films.
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In order to be paid they had to become a company so in 1940 they established Halas & Batchelor Cartoon Films, and were married in the same year. From the outset Joy was more that just an animator, she took on writing, directing and designing the films as well as producing them.
May 12, 2014 · Thankfully that’s changed now with the terrific mini-doc called Ode to Joy directed by Martin Pickles and produced by Joy’s daughter, Vivien Halas: Martin tells us: Today is the centenary of...
Joy Batchelor was born on May 22, 1914 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was a producer and director, known for Animal Farm (1954), New Schools (1947) and Ruddigore (1966). She was married to John Halas. She died on May 14, 1991 in London, England, UK.
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May 18, 2015 · The Halas and Batchelor studio was created in 1940 shortly after the marriage of John Halas and Joy Batchelor primarily creating propaganda, training films and advertisements during the war years.
