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Jeremy Bessoff

He/him
Media Arts and Studies
Schoonover 330

Education

  • MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Areas of Expertise

  • Animation (Hand-drawn, stop-motion, digital, 3D) Video Post-Production

Research Interests

  • Traditional animation techniques, experimental animation, narrative animation, video production and creative editing.

Courses Taught

  • Global Animation Survey
  • Traditional Animation Techniques
  • Art of Editing
  • Animation I
  • Intro to Visual FX for Digital Cinema
  • Global Animation
  • Digital 3D Sculpting with Zbrush
  • The Craft of Editing
  • Video and Audio Field Production
  • Special Topics: History of Animation
  • Digital Media Production
  • The Evolution of Media
  • Video Production Basics

Teaching Interests

  • Traditional animation techniques
  • Experimental animation
  • Narrative animation
  • Video production and creative editing

Biography

Presentations and Awards

  • 2021 Featured Artist on Ohio Arts Council Board Blog
  • Ohio Arts Council, $5000 Award for Individual Excellence
  • 2020 Open Ohio Arts Grant
  • 2017 Featured resident artist on Facets.org
  • Reanima, Special Mention, Bergen, Norway
  • Golden Badger award, Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
  • Honorable Mention, Art and Diseases Int. Film Fest, Valencia, Spain
  • Best Animation, WV Mountaineer Film Fest, Morgantown, WV
  • 2016 Yaddo Artist’s Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Runner-Up Animation, Croydon Film Festival, UK
  • 2015 Ohio Arts Council, Award for Individual Excellence, Columbus, OH
  • 2014 Best Animation, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
  • 2011 John Muir Award, Yosemite Film Fest, Yosemite National Park, CA
  • Best Experimental, Hardacre Film Festival, Tipton, IA
  • Best Animation, Frozen Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
  • Artist-in-Residence, High Concept Laboratories, Chicago, IL
  • 2010 Artist-in-Residence, RedLine Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
  • The Alternator Experimental Film Award, Okanagan International Film Festival, Kelowna, BC, Canada
  • Honorable Mention, Talking Pictures Film Festival, Evanston, IL
  • 2009 Best Experimental, Hardacre Film Festival, Tipton, IA
  • 2008 Telly Award, Producer, Pez Holiday Special
  • Midwest Regional Emmy Nomination, Producer, Gumbo TV
  • 2007 Telly Award, Art Direction, Gumbo TV Season 5 Open
  • 2006 Midwest Regional Emmy Award, Producer, Bleep Bus PSA
  • Midwest Regional Emmy Nomination, Producer, Gumbo TV