An Evening of New Work by Joanna Priestley

Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Saturday, January 28th 2012

A native of Portland, and globally recognized as one of the premier creators of independent animation art, Joanna Priestley has made 25 films over the past 30 years. Her subjects run the gamut from personal memoir and documentary to poetic adaptation and abstract phantasmagoria. Tonight we present five new films (three world premieres) by award winning independent filmmaker, Joanna Priestley.

World Premieres: Dear Pluto (2012, 4 min.), Choking Hazard (2012, 1 min.), Split Ends (2012, 4 min.), Exposé Slide Show (2012) and Clam Bake (2012, interactive). With recent films: Out of Shape (2011, 1 min.), Eye Liner (2011, 4 min.) and Missed Aches (2009, 4 min.).

Words Worth a Thousand Pictures: Contemporary Animation About Language

Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR
Thursday, April 30th 2009

The appearance of text in animated films has become more common with the advent of Adobe Flash and After Effects. These computer programs have made it much easier to animate letters and words and to incorporate text with animation. This had been a laborious process that involved animating individual cut out letters or using press type, hand written calligraphy or typewriter text. Both computer animated films and non-computer films will be included in the program.

Joanna Priestley | Fighting Gravity

REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Monday, April 20th 2009

Dubbed “the queen of independent animation” by Bill Plympton, Joanna Priestley unveils her new short Missed Aches (2009, 4 min.), a humorous rant about the need for proofreading. This can’t-miss program for animation buffs also includes a series of animated gems representing the range of the artist’s techniques