- benjamij@uwm.edu
- Mitchell Hall B083
Joel Benjamin
- Assistant Professor, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
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.