Steven Subotnick is an animation teacher and award-winning independent animator. He received a BFA in Film from UCLA. He later received an MFA in Experimental Animation from

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of bo ...

. While at CalArts, he was mentored under

Jules Engel Jules Engel (born Gyula Engel, March 11, 1909 – September 6, 2003) was an American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director, and teacher. He was the founding director of the experimental animation ...

. He is married to animator

Amy Kravitz Amy Kravitz is an independent filmmaker and teacher specializing in abstract animation. She is currently a Professor in the Film Department at the Rhode Island School of Design. Work As a young girl, Amy Kravitz began making and teaching anim ...

. He has taught animation at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and currently at

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

and

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Massachusetts College of Art and Design, branded as MassArt, is a public college of visual and applied art in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1873, it is one of the nation’s oldest art schools, the only publicly funded independent art schoo ...

Filmography

*''Lake'' (2013) * ''Baby'' (2012) * ''Fight'' (2012) * ''Boy ''(2011) * ''Two ''(2011) * ''West'' (2011) * ''Thine'' (2011) * ''Jelly Fishers '' (2009) *''Glass Crow'' (2004) *''Hairyman'' (1998) *''The Devil’s Book'' (1994) *''Calling Cards'' (1992) *''Twins'' (1986) *''The Dancing Bulrushes'' (producer, 1985) *''3 Nocturnes'' (1985) *''Snow Woman'' (1985)

External links

www.stevensubotnick.com - ''official site''RISD faculty profile:Steven SubtonickASIFA profile
American animators American animated film directors Living people Rhode Island School of Design faculty Harvard University faculty Animation educators Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-animator-stub