Joanna Priestley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joanna Priestley
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Nov 25, 1950(1950-11-25)
Age	74
Birthplace	Portland
Country	United States
Birth City	Oregon
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Joanna Priestley Biography

Joanna Priestley is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on November 25, 1950 in Portland, Oregon, United States.

In 1977, Priestley co-founded and co-directed (with Martha Kelley) Strictly Cinema in Bend, Oregon. They presented film festivals in Bend and weekly film screenings at Bend and Redmond High Schools. She became the regional coordinator, editor of The Animator and coordinator of the Northwest Film and Video Festival at the Northwest Film Center at the Portland Art Museum from 1978 to 1983. Gene Youngblood, one of the jurors of the Northwest Film and Video Festival, encouraged her to apply to Cal Arts, which she did in 1983. In 1988, Priestley founded ASIFA-Northwest with Marilyn Zornado. This ASIFA chapter included the northwest region of the United States which comprised Portland, Seattle, Vancouver B.C., and the areas in between. Priestley was president of ASIFA-NW for four years. The organization is now known as ASIFA- Portland.

In 1985 she founded her own company, Priestley Motion Pictures, where she has directed, produced and animated 29 short films and Clam Bake (2014), an iOS app. Animated Women: Joanna Priestley, a short documentary with three of Priestley’s films, was broadcast on PBS and BBC2 in 1995–96. Priestley has directed animation segments for Sesame Street (““The Lumps: Rejection Victories” and “The Lumps: Social Skills”, 1990), and directed and animated music video sequences for Tears for Fears (“Sowing the Seeds of Love”, 1988) and Joni Mitchell (“Good Friends”, 1985) and a PBS series title: “Making Peace” (1996). After directing and producing short films from 1979 to 2015, Priestley made an abstract feature film, North of Blue, which premiered at the Annecy International Animation Festival in France in June, 2018.

Joanna Priestley Net Worth

Joanna Priestley is one of the richest Film Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joanna Priestley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Joanna Priestley (born November 25, 1950) is a contemporary film director, producer, animator and teacher. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

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Daniela Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joanna Priestley celebrates birthday on November 25 of every year.