Married animators John Halas and Joy Batchelor, a Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working-class woman from England, fell in love, created war-time cartoons, and produced the first British feature-length animation, Animal Farm, in 1954.
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
John Halas, a Hungarian refugee, and Joy Batchelor, a working-class English woman, fell in love and collaborated as animators, producing cartoons that significantly contributed to the Allied victory in World War II.
