Joanna Priestley Movies

Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that...

A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.

Candyjam is a whimsical, animated collaboration by 10 animators from four countries: David Anderson (England), Karen Aqua (USA), Craig Bartlett...

Martin Cooper’s documentary feature explores the lives and work of six internationally renowned, independent animators and animation directors....

Short experimental computer animation by Jules Engel

A tribute to Pluto, everyone’s favorite planetoid

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...

Delicate patterns inspired by North American wrapping papers from the 1960’s and French and English wallpapers from the early 1900s.

An experimental exploration and rediscovery of games and youthful pastimes.

Still life silhouettes collide with abstract shapes and complex, interlocking patterns. Reimagining the commonplace objects of a classical painting...

Explores the mythopoeic realm through mandalas and dream images that hint at hidden trauma.

The Rubber Stamp Film was hand stamped on over 5000 index cards. Color was added with water color and felt pen.

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.

A humorous and poignant look at what it means to be turning 40 and growing older.

A satire of the pitfalls of romance, from marriage, childbirth and upward mobility to the disintegration of a relationship.

Pixilation of yoga instructor Diane Wilson, shot in the forest over a six month period and object animation of construction tools, bolts, screws and...

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...

A roller coaster ride through the brain fog, flashes, mood swings, depression, pimples and rage of one of life's great transitions.

An abstract meditation on urban shapes and sounds.

A dense multiverse of images and shifting focal points that explore the tension between two dimensional patterns both familiar and alien....