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Joanna Priestley Joanna Priestley is a contemporary film director, producer, animator and teacher. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
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24 September 1990
A satire of the pitfalls of romance, from marriage, childbirth and upward mobility to the disintegration of a relationship.
01 January 2012
Our best intentions can go awry when it comes to recycling plastic.
31 May 1993
A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.
11 June 2018
A dense multiverse of images and shifting focal points that explore the tension between two dimensional patterns both familiar and alien.
01 January 2015
Still life silhouettes collide with abstract shapes and complex, interlocking patterns. Reimagining the commonplace objects of a classical painting genre with experimental animation.
01 January 1995
A film about the nature of oppression and community spirit.
01 January 2004
A traveler’s love letter to Andalucía, this animated film is an homage to the culture, landscape, and architecture of southern Spain.
01 January 1985
An abstract computer painting that was inspired by botanical forms.
19 September 2013
Delicate patterns inspired by North American wrapping papers from the 1960’s and French and English wallpapers from the early 1900s.
01 January 2010
A witty commentary on our over-reliance on spell check that plays up phonetics with hilarious results.
01 January 1997
Explores the magic of objects and transformation. Inspired by the boxes of Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway (Queens, NY) nearly all of his life.
01 January 2010
Bold, crisp, playful animation that explores the organic geometry and archetypes of the human face.
01 January 2007
An experimental exploration and rediscovery of games and youthful pastimes.
10 January 2005
An acronym for Distant Early Warning Line, Dew Line refers to the array of radar stations built in the Arctic during the Cold War, and to the elegant shapes created by condensation.
01 January 2000
Layers of animation featuring more than 600 sculptures, 200 glass pieces and 2200 drawings evoke an inspiring diving exploration in a freshwater lake in Yucatan.
01 January 2011
Playful choreography of abstract shapes to delight the eye.
01 January 2000
Pixilation of yoga instructor Diane Wilson, shot in the forest over a six month period and object animation of construction tools, bolts, screws and nails.
27 September 2019
Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.
01 January 1993
A humorous and poignant look at what it means to be turning 40 and growing older.
01 January 1985
Based on an Ojibwa Native American story about coyote, the trickster, published by Barry Lopez.
25 April 1988
A powerful mythic poem about women, the Goddess and the human spirit. It examines our foibles and frailties and how we can grow out of them.
02 January 1988
Candyjam is a whimsical, animated collaboration by 10 animators from four countries: David Anderson (England), Karen Aqua (USA), Craig Bartlett (USA), Elizabeth Buttler (USA), Paul Driessen (Holland), Tom Gasek (USA), Joan Gratz (USA), Christine Panushka (USA), Joanna Priestley (USA) and Marv Newland (Canada).
01 January 2012
A springboard ballet of private parts, in all their glorious combinations.
03 September 1985
A humorous explanation of the fears we share: fear of the darkness, of monsters, of aging, of being overweight, and of global destruction.
19 June 2021
Explores the mythopoeic realm through mandalas and dream images that hint at hidden trauma.
01 January 2007
A roller coaster ride through the brain fog, flashes, mood swings, depression, pimples and rage of one of life's great transitions.
20 August 2023
Martin Cooper’s documentary feature explores the lives and work of six internationally renowned, independent animators and animation directors.
01 December 1983
The Rubber Stamp Film was hand stamped on over 5000 index cards. Color was added with water color and felt pen.
