Joanna Priestley

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Joanna Priestley is an independent animator and teacher.

She trained for printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design and received a BFA in painting from UC Berkley, graduating with honors. In addition, she received an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts. She was mentored under Jules Engel. She has taught at Art Institute of Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Northwest Film Center/Portland Art Museum and Volda College.

During her career, she has produced and directed over seventeen animated films, most of which have been screened at film festivals worldwide. Her work has also been broadcast on PBS and the BBC. In addition, she has done animation pieces for Sesame Street as well as for music videos for Tears for Fears, and Joni Mitchell.

Her influences include Oskar Fischinger, Len Lye, Norman McLaren and Jules Engel.

She currently resides in Portland, Oregon.