HALAS & BATCHELOR COLLECTION LTD

The Halas & Batchelor Collection exists to preserve and promote an extraordinary body of work that witnesses the social and style changes of half a century.

Halas & Batchelor Cartoon Films occupies a unique place in British cinema. The studio was formed in 1940 and produced films for the next fifty years. It was the country's largest and most influential producer of animated films from the early forties until the mid seventies. Throughout its history, it always strove to pioneer new styles and techniques from paper cut-out figures to computer animation. The studio was also renowned for discovering and nurturing new talent; indeed, a list of the artists who started their careers at Halas & Batchelor reads like a Who’s Who of British and European animation. Although Animal Farm remains the most famous of Halas & Batchelor's films, they produced over two thousand others, from entertainment films to documentaries, and TV series to experimental art movies.