Tribute to Joanna QUINN...









Saturday, April 4th, 2009
22:15-23:00
Trianon Filmcenter

Joanna QUINN: B i o g r a p h y

She was born in Birmingham, England and completed a foundation course in art at Goldsmiths College, University of London before studying for a BA in Graphic Design at Middlesex University. It was here that Joanna first discovered the magic of animation, quickly adapting her unique drawing abilities to produce beautifully fluid and dynamic animated passages.

Her first film, Girl’s Night Out (1986), made at Middlesex, established her as a precocious talent and led to her introduction to the international animation scene. Joanna moved to Wales in 1985 and founded Beryl Productions shortly afterwards with her partner, producer/writer Les Mills. The couple have collaborated closely in the production of animated films and as educators ever since.

Joanna is now a highly acclaimed figure in world animation. Her fine drawing skills, wonderful characterisations and her humor mark her out as a unique talent. Joanna has won a raft of top awards, including Emmys, Baftas and Jury prizes at all the major animation festivals. Two of her films, Famous Fred (1996) and The Wife of Bath (1998) have received Oscar nominations. Her masterpiece, Britannia, a brilliantly biting view of British Imperialism, won her the prestigious Leonardo Da Vinci award in 1993. (Ironically Joanna received the award at Buckingham Palace, from Prince Phillip!)

Joanna has been honored with retrospectives of her work in Rome, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Stuttgart, Zagreb, Hiroshima and Taiwan. She is an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Art and University of Wales Newport and Honorary Doctor at the University of Wolverhampton. She continues to lecture at major universities in Britain and abroad. For the last 15 years she has been working with her highly talented production team at Beryl Productions International Ltd. on producing TV commercials for the UK, North American, Mexican and European markets. These include commercials for Charmin toilet paper, Whiskas cat food and United Airlines.

Joanna latest film, Dreams and Desires – Family Ties (2006) has won over 40 major awards worldwide. She is now working on the sequel Dreams and Desires _ Beverly Thrills.

Joanna QUINN: Film Credits

1. GIRLS NIGHT OUT, 6mins
UK 1986
Direction: Joanna Quinn
Script: Angela Hughes, Joanna Quinn
Animation: Joanna Quinn
Sound: Les Mills
Cast Director: Pat Griffiths
Colouring: Antonio Leslie, Simon Josebury
Negative Cut: Steve West
Voices: Myfanwy Talog, Gillan Elisa Thomas, Catrin Llwyd, Siwan Jones, Stephen Lyons.
Production: Middlesex Polytechnic/Channel 4/S4C

Quiet Welsh housewife Beryl is transformed into a joyful hooligan when her friends invite her on a birthday trip to a pub’s Ladies Night, featuring a male stripper.

AWARDS
1987 Annecy Animation Festival, France- Special Jury Prize
1987 Annecy Animation Festival, France- Ufoleis Prize
1987 Annecy Animation Festival, France - Mellow Manor Award
1988 Krakow Film Festival - Silver Dragon Award

CONTACT:
S4C International
50 Lambourne Crescent, Parc Ty Glas Llanishen, Cardiff, CF14 5GG, U.K.
Tel: 029 20 741334
www.S4Ci.com



2. BODY BEAUTIFUL, 13mins
UK 1990
Director: Joanna Quinn
Script: Les Mills
Animation: Joanna Quinn
Colour Co-ordinator: Angela Hughes
Painting and Colouring: Angela Hughes
Xeroxing: Gerald Conn
Sound Dubbing: Video Village, Bristol
Negative Cut: Total Neg, Cardiff Rostrum
Camera: Nick Smith, Cardiff Cartoon Cameras
Music: Paul Hornsby
Rap: Joanna Quinn
Sound: Les Mills Film
Editor: Jane Murrell
Voices: Menna Trussler, Robert Brydon, Gillian Elisa Thomas, Erica Eirian, Catrin Llwyd, Richard Goodfield
Producer: Les Mills
Production: Beryl Productions/S4C

Beryl and her friends work in a Japanese factory in Wales. Beryl has a weight problem and a remorselessly macho supervisor, Vince, the bane of her life. But soon the time comes to get even.

AWARDS
1991 Short list for European 'Golden Cartoon Award'
1991 Valladolid Film Festival, Spain- Special Jury Prize
1991 BAFTA Cymru- Award for Best Animation
1992 San Francisco Golden Gate Award- Special Jury Award
1992 Chicago Film Festival- Silver Hugo 1992 Festival Audiovisuel des Cultures Minorisees d'Europe 1st Prize
1992 Zagreb Animation Festival Special Jury prize for best humour.

CONTACT:
S4C International



3. ELLES, 3mins
France 1992
Director: Joanna Quinn & Hortense Guillemare
Animation: Joanna Quinn
Producer: Didier Brunner
Production: Trans Europe Film, Paris, France

Toulouse Lautrec’s models decide to have a spot of lunch before resuming their pose.

AWARDS
1995 Nominated for a Cesar.

CONTACT:
Trans Europe Film, 4 Cite Paradis, Paris, 75010, France.
Tel: (33) 15324 1600
www.transeuropefilm.com



4. BRITANNIA, 5mins
UK 1993
Direction: Joanna Quinn
Animation: Joanna Quinn
Research and Colouring: Angela Hughes
Sound and Music: Heneghan and Lawson
Sound Editor: Jane Murrell
Dubbing Mixer: Tom Logan
Rostrum: Peter Jones
Voices: Christine Pritchard, Ben Heneghan
Producer: David Parker
Production: Forum TV for Channel 4and S4C

A satirical swipe at the British character that shows how, in the pursuit of wealth and power, it has robbed other nations of their pride and national wealth.

AWARDS
1993 Vallodolid Film Festival, Spain- Best Short Film
1993 Espinho, Portugal- Best under 5 min.
1993 Bilbao Film Festival, Spain- Silver Award
1994 Tampere Film Festival, Finland- Diploma of Merit
1994 Nominated for British BAFTA
1994 Festival Audiovisuel des Cultures Minorisees d'Europe 3rd Prize
1994 Short list for European 'Golden Cartoon Award'
1994 Houston World Fest, USA- ‘Gold Award for Animation’
1994 Zagreb Animation Festival, Croatia- Best under 5 mins.
1994 Zagreb Animation Festival, Croatia- Audience Prize
1994 Hiroshima Animation Festival, Japan- Best Film category E
1994 Chicago Film Festival- Golden Hugo for Best Animation
1995 Festival der Nationen, Germany - Gold Bear
1995 Shortlisted for OSCARS

CONTACT:
S4C International



5. FAMOUS FRED, 25mins
UK 1996
Director: Joanna Quinn
Animation: Joanna Quinn
Music: Danny Chang
Lyrics: Nigel Crowe
Casting Director: Celestia Fox
Editors: Jane Murrell, Will Oswald
Sound Editors: Nigel Humphreys, Paul McFadden Dubbing
Editor: Dai Shell
Camera: Peter Jones, Pete Wood
Voices: Lenny Henry, Tom Courtney, David Robb, Joanna Quinn.
Producers: John Coates, Catrin Unwin Executive Producer: Paul Madden
Production: TVC- Channel 4/S4C

Based on the book by Posy Simmonds. Mischievous kitten Fred grows up to be feline singing superstar by night, but a case of cat flu threatens to cut short his musical career.

AWARDS
1997 BAFTA for Best Childrens Animation 1997 Grand Prix for Best Animated TV Programme at Annecy ‘97
1997 Silver Elephant - Best Animated Film ICYP Film Festival, India
1997 Espinho, Portugal - Best between 13-26 mins.
1998 The New York Festival’s - Gold World Medal Best family Special
1998 The New York Festival’s - Grand prize for Family Entertainment
1998 Nomination for OSCAR Academy Award. Los Angeles USA
1998 Chicago Int. TV Competition Silver Plaque for childrens Prog
1998 Short list for European 'Golden Cartoon Award'
1999 British Animation Award - Best Children’s film
2001 Moon Child festival, Geneva, Switzerland - Best Childrens’ Film

CONTACT:
S4C International



6. WIFE OF BATH (CANTERBURY TALES PT 1), 5mins
UK 1998
Director: Joanna Quinn
Script: Jonathan Myerson
Animation: Joanna Quinn
Music: Ben Park
Wife of Bath: Billie Whitelaw
Hag: Liz Smith
Knight: David Troughton
Producer: Les Mills
Production: A Beryl Production for S4C/BBC/HBO

From a series based on Chaucer’s poetry. For attacking a young woman an arrogant knight of King Arthur’s court is sentenced to death if he cannot answer the question “what do women most desire?” He travels far and wide with no success until he meets a hag who promises him the answer, but at a price.

AWARDS
1999 Nomination for OSCAR Academy Award Los Angeles USA for Canterbury Tales
1999 BAFTA for Best Animated Film for Canterbury Tales
1999 Emmy for Best Animation for Wife of Bath (Cant. Tales)
1999 Emmy for Best Design for Wife of Bath (Cant. Tales)
2000 British Animation Award- Best Craft Award for Wife of Bath (Cant. Tales)
2000 BAFTA Cymru Best Animation Award for Canterbury Tales

CONTACT:
S4C International



7. DREAMS AND DESIRES: FAMILY TIES, 10’
UK 2006
Director: Joanna Quinn

Script: Les Mills

Animation: Joanna Quinn, Andy McPherson
Design: Joanna Quinn
Technique: Hand drawn on paper and coloured on frosted cel. Composited in After Effects
Photography: Michael Tang
Music: Constantino Martinez Orts

Editor: Paul Hibbs
Sound: Les Mills

Editing: Paul Hibbs

CAST
Beryl: Menna Trussler
Mandy: Rachel Atkins
Terry/Dad: Brendan Charleson
Digger: Pepi Blade
Production Manager: Catrin Unwin
Producer: Les Mills
Production: S4C / S4Ci / Beryl Productions International Ltd.

On acquiring a new Digi Video cam Beryl becomes obsessed with the art of filmmaking using it to articulate her desires, dreams and thoughts as a video diary. As “cineaste par excellence” she agrees to video the wedding of her friend Mandy, seizing the opportunity to “strut her stuff filmically” with disastrous and often hilarious results.

AWARDS
2006 Annecy Animation Festival, France – Audience Prize D & D-Family ties
2006 Annecy Animation Festival, France – FIPRESCI award (critics award) D&D-Family Ties
2006 Annecy Animation Festival, France – Special Jury Award D&D-Family ties
2006 Zagreb Animation Festival, Croatia – Grand Prix D&D-Family ties
2006 Zagreb Animation Festival, Croatia – International Critics prize D&D-Family ties
2006 Anima Mundi, Brazil – Professional Jury-Best Design/Art Directing D&D-Family ties
2006 Anima Mundi, Brazil – Professional Jury-Best Animation D&D-Family ties
2006 Palm Springs Short Filmfest USA – 2nd Place Jury award best animation D&D-Family ties
2006 Winner European Cartoon D’Or
2006 D&D-Family ties 2006 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada – Grand Prix D&D-Family ties
2006 China International Animation & Digital Festival – Grand Prix Short Film D&D-Family ties
2006 Animadrid, Spain – First prize, Short Animation D&D-Family ties
2006 Sitges 06 – Festival Int de Cinema, Spain - Best Animated Short Movie D&D-Family Ties
2006 Balkanima, Serbia – Diploma 5-10 minute category short film D&D-Family ties
2006 Woodstock Film Festival, USA – Best Animation D&D-Family ties
2006 Cinanima, Portugal - Best film – audience prize D&D-Family ties
2006 Cinanema, Portugal - Best film TV 2 award D&D-Family ties
2006 Cinanema, Portugal - Jose Abel best European animation award D&D-Family ties
2006 Leeds International Film Festival, UK - Best World Animation D&D-Family ties
2006 Bradford Animation Festival, UK – Grand Prix D&D-Family ties
2006 I Castelli Animati Rome, Italy – Grand Prix D&D-Family ties
2006 I Castelli Animati Rome, Italy – Audience Prize D&D-Family ties
2006 Anifest 2006 Budapest, Hungary – Special Jury Prize D&D-Family ties
2006 Bristol Encounters Film Festival, UK – Best of British D&D-Family ties
2006 Tindirindis International Animation Festival, Lithuania – Grand Prix D&D-Family ties
2006 Shortlisted for Academy Award, USA D&D-Family ties
2006 BAFTA, UK nomination for Best Animated Film D-Family ties
2007 Lille 7th International short film Festival, France - Best Animation D&D-Family ties
2007 Tampere Film Festival, Finland – Audience prize D&D-Family ties
2007 Tampere Film Festival, Finland – UIP Prize D&D-Family ties
2007 RiverRun International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize D&D-Family ties
2007 Nashville Film Festival, USA – Best Animation D&D-Family ties
2007 Segunt Film Festival, Spain – special mention D&D-Family ties
2007 BAFTA Wales D&D-Family ties
2007 Krakow Film Festival Poland – Silver Dragon Best Animated Film D&D-Family ties
2007 Krakow Film Festival – FICC Prize (Fed of Int Cine Clubs) D&D-Family ties
2007 Krakow Film Festival – Special Mention Student Jury D&D-Family ties
2007 Expresion En Cort, Mexico - Best Short Animation D&D-Family ties
2007 Ismailia Int Film Festival, Egypt - Best animated Film D&D-Family ties
2007 Onda Curta Award – Int. Film Festival Santiago de Compostela D&D-Family ties
2007 Krok Int Animation Festival, Russia – Diploma in 5-10 minutes D&D-Family ties
2008 British Animation Award – Public Choice D&D-Family ties

CONTACTS INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION and FILM FESTIVALS
Catrin Unwin Beryl Productions International Ltd.
Chapter Market Road Canton Cardiff CF5 1QE
Tel: 44 (0)29 20 226 225
E-mail: studio.beryl@btconnect.com
E-mail: les.beryl@fut.net


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