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View AllJoel BenjaminVisiting Assistant Professor, Animation
Visiting Assistant Professor, Animation
Education
MFA, Animation, DePaul University
Biography
Transplanted to Chicago atop rampaging bison from northwest Iowa, Joel Benjamin is an award-winning filmmaker and animator of both short and feature-length experimental and narrative animated films.
In 2007, Joel founded the Emmy-Nominated Motion Graphics company Electric Beard Productions where he worked as a motion designer on both corporate/commercial projects as well as more creative ones. Most of his time is spent working on moving things around pixel by pixel and developing carpal tunnel.