- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 4, 1962
- Place of Birth
- Birmingham, England
Joanna Quinn
Joanna Quinn is an English film director and prize-winning animator. Quinn was born in Birmingham, England in 1962 and grew up in North London. She went to school at Highgate Wood Secondary School and completed a foundation course in art at Goldsmiths College, University of London before studying for a BA in Graphic Design at Middlesex University. Quinn's first film Girls Night Out was completed in 1987 and won three awards at the Annecy Film Festival. This film introduced the anti-heroine character of Beryl and follows her antics when she goes to see a male stripper. Beryl appeared in Quinn's next film Body Beautiful (1990) in this film she is the factory union rep and she had to deal with a macho workmate Vince, voiced by Rob Brydon. In Quinn's multi award winning film Dreams and Desires- Family Ties (2006), Beryl becomes obsessed with film making and is asked to video a friend's wedd…
Filmography
movieThis Land Is a Woman
2025 · Director
movieAffairs of the Art
2021 · Beverly (voice), Animation, Director
movieSecrets of British Animation
2018 · Self
movieDreams and Desires: Family Ties
2006 · Animation, Director
tvThe Canterbury Tales
1998 · Director
movieWife of Bath
1998 · Director, Animation
movieFamous Fred
1996 · Mum (voice), Director, Writer, Production Design
movieBritannia
1993 · Director, Animation
movieElles
1992 · Director
movieBody Beautiful
1991 · Director
movieGirls Night Out
1988 · Director, Writer, Idea