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.
Academy Awards
Best Animated Short Film
Known For
The Prophet
(2014)
Co-Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Candyjam
(1988)
Director
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
(1992)
Director
Pro and Con
(1993)
Director
The Dowager's Feast
(1996)
Director
The Dowager's Idyll
(2001)
Director
Lost and Found
(2014)
Director
The Prophet
(2014)
Co-Director
Popcorn
(2016)
Director
The One-Minute Memoir
(2020)
Director
No Leaders, Please
(2021)
Director
Retention Department of Permanent Exhaustion
(2022)
Director
Acting
Art
Visual Effects
The Festival of Claymation
(1987)
Animation
Candyjam
(1988)
Animation
Pro and Con
(1993)
Animation
The Dowager's Feast
(1996)
Animation
The Dowager's Idyll
(2001)
Animation
No Leaders, Please
(2021)
Animation
Editing
Production