The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
2019
⏱️ 51 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Documentary
The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, England, John and Joy fell in love, created cartoons that helped the allies to win the war, and produced the first feature-length animation in British cinema history, Animal Farm (1954).
Crew
Director
Richard Shaw
Producer
Nicola Schofield, Richard Shaw
Production
Unity House Productions, Sky Arts