Joan C. Gratz
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.
Known For
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
73%
Director
2014
The Adventures of Mark Twain
67%
Set Designer
1985
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
68%
Director
1992
The Creation
69%
Animation
1981
The Little Prince
66%
Background Designer
1979
No Leaders, Please
66%
Director
2021
Candyjam
58%
Director
1988
The Festival of Claymation
70%
Animation
1987
The Battle for Swan Lake
Director
2024
History, Mystery & Odyssey: Six Portland Animators
Herself
2023
Retention Department of Permanent Exhaustion
Director
2022
No Leaders, Please
66%
Director
2021
No Leaders, Please
66%
Animation
2021
The One-Minute Memoir
Director
2020
The One-Minute Memoir
Producer
2020
Animation Outlaws
63%
Self
2019
Lost and Found
Director
2014
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
73%
Director
2014
The Dowager's Idyll
Animation
2001
The Dowager's Idyll
Producer
2001
The Dowager's Idyll
Director
2001
The Dowager's Feast
Animation
1996
The Dowager's Feast
Director
1996
Pro and Con
Animation
1993
Pro and Con
Director
1993
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
68%
Director
1992
Candyjam
58%
Director
1988
Candyjam
58%
Editor
1988
Candyjam
58%
Animation
1988
The Festival of Claymation
70%
Animation
1987
The Adventures of Mark Twain
67%
Set Designer
1985
The Creation
69%
Animation
1981
The Little Prince
66%
Background Designer
1979
Night Weaver
Director