Joan C. Gratz

Biography

Joan Carol Gratz is an American artist, animator, and filmmaker who specializes in clay painting. Gratz is best known for her 1992 Oscar-winning animated short film Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

25

Birth Date

1941-04-06 00:00:00

Birth Place

Los Angeles, CA

Known For

• 

  Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
• 

  Night Weaver
• Retention Department of Permanent Exhaustion
• 

  No Leaders, Please
• 

  The One-Minute Memoir
• Lost and Found

Credits

• directing (11 credits)

  • Night Weaver

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Retention Department of Permanent Exhaustion

    director

    directing
    2022
  • No Leaders, Please

    director

    directing
    2021
  • The One-Minute Memoir

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Lost and Found

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

    director

    directing
    2014
  • The Dowager's Idyll

    director

    directing
    2001
  • The Dowager's Feast

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Pro and Con

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Candyjam

    director

    directing
    1988

• actors (2 credits)

  • History, Mystery & Oyssey: Six Portland Animators

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Animation Outlaws

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019

• visual effects (7 credits)

  • No Leaders, Please

    animation

    visual effects
    2021
  • The Dowager's Idyll

    animation

    visual effects
    2001
  • The Dowager's Feast

    animation

    visual effects
    1996
  • Pro and Con

    animation

    visual effects
    1993
  • Candyjam

    animation

    visual effects
    1988
  • The Festival of Claymation

    animation

    visual effects
    1987
  • The Creation

    animation

    visual effects
    1981

• production (2 credits)

  • The One-Minute Memoir

    producer

    production
    2020
  • The Dowager's Idyll

    producer

    production
    2001

• editing (1 credits)

  • Candyjam

    editor

    editing
    1988

• art (2 credits)

  • The Adventures of Mark Twain

    set designer

    art
    1985
  • The Little Prince

    background designer

    art
    1979