Joan Carol Gratz (born 1941) is an American artist, animator, and filmmaker who specializes in clay painting.
[3] Once a freelance animator and filmmaker, Gratz continued to be represented by Vinton Studio,[1] and her success led her to receive commissions for commercials from large companies such as Coca-Cola.
[5] In 1990, Gratz animated a commercial for United Airlines entitled Natural, which consisted of her clay painting technique.
In June 2014, Gratz was a writer and illustrator of My Tesla: A love story of a mouse and her car, a disguised children book for adults.
The other interviewees are Joanna Priestley, Chel White, Jim Blashfield, Rose Bond and Zak Margolis.
[14] At the Academy Awards, Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) won an Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film in 1993.