About

Joanna Leigh Downing is a film director, cinematographer and photographer. She has a portfolio of short films that were awarded and recognized for Best Concept and Short-Short: Brightside Tavern Film Festival, for her coming of age short, "Paige and Riley." Additionally, she was awarded Best Writer for her short, "The Letter," at Atlantic City Cinefest.

While creating her own films, Joanna has been on the production team on multiple music videos in collaboration with production companies such as 5 Towns Productions, HappyImSad + Superfriends Productions, Sparkplugz Productions, and Sleepy Studios. She is also the intern-studio assistant at 3 Chicks That Click Photography. She creates behind the scenes videos to promote the company.

Currently, Joanna is in post-production for her latest short film, "For My Grandma." It' is a coming of age piece about reconnecting to faith and the importance of family and community through the loss of a loved one.