Joan C. Gratz
Directing · Animation · Producer · Director
Born Apr 6, 1941 · Los Angeles, CA
Active 1979–present · Awards: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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.
Filmography
Night Weaver — DirectorKahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) — DirectorThe Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) — Set DesignerMona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) — DirectorThe Creation (1981) — AnimationThe Little Prince (1979) — Background DesignerNo Leaders, Please (2021) — Director · AnimationThe Festival of Claymation (1987) — AnimationCandyjam (1988) — Director · Editor · AnimationThe Dowager's Idyll (2001) — Animation · Producer · DirectorPro and Con (1993) — Animation · DirectorThe Dowager's Feast (1996) — Animation · DirectorLost and Found (2014) — DirectorRetention Department of Permanent Exhaustion (2022) — DirectorThe One-Minute Memoir (2020) — Producer · DirectorLeonardo’s Last Luncheon — DirectorThe Battle for Swan Lake (2024) — Director