Halas and Batchelor (XX century)

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Halas and Batchelor

Halas and Batchelor Animation, Ltd. is a British animation company founded in 1940 that became the largest animation studio in Great Britain. It operated until 1986.

The company was founded by John Halas (April 16, 1912 - January 21, 1995) and Joy Batchelor (May 12, 1914 - May 14, 1991). The company's productions were designed for the international level, and war information and propaganda films were made here. Halas and Batchelor's most famous work is the 1954 film Animal Farm, an animated version of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. It was England's first full-length color cartoon and was funded by the CIA as part of the American anti-communist campaign during the Cold War.

Many later cartoons, documentaries and educational shorts were commissioned from the studio specifically for television. In 1972 Halas became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Date and place of birt:XX century, London, United Kingdom
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Animalist, Filmmaker
Genre:Reportage
Art style:Post War Art

Creators Post War Art

Roland Duss (1901 - 1977)
Roland Duss
1901 - 1977
Bruno Müller-Linow (1909 - 1997)
Bruno Müller-Linow
1909 - 1997
Frederick Gore (1913 - 2009)
Frederick Gore
1913 - 2009
Chris Mayger (1919 - 1994)
Chris Mayger
1919 - 1994
Zenon Aniszewski (1948)
Zenon Aniszewski
1948
Claude Herbert Breeze (1938)
Claude Herbert Breeze
1938
Hossein Zenderoudi (1937)
Hossein Zenderoudi
1937
Jack Vanarsky (1936 - 2009)
Jack Vanarsky
1936 - 2009
Serge Poliakoff (1900 - 1969)
Serge Poliakoff
1900 - 1969
Robert Mangold (1937)
Robert Mangold
1937
Karl Springer (1931 - 1991)
Karl Springer
1931 - 1991
Morris Cole Graves (1910 - 2001)
Morris Cole Graves
1910 - 2001
Nikolai Ivanovich Rozov (1918 - 1994)
Nikolai Ivanovich Rozov
1918 - 1994
Johannes Holst (1880 - 1965)
Johannes Holst
1880 - 1965
Horst Kuhnert (1939)
Horst Kuhnert
1939
Walter Furlan (1930 - 2018)
Walter Furlan
1930 - 2018
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