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 wedding - with disastrous consequences. Quinn's other films include Elles (1992), ...
