Joshua Jones

Assistant Professor // Graphics / Animation
School of Cinema and Interactive Media

Assistant Professor, Digital Cinema-Animation

Josh earned a BFA in 1996 from Syracuse University's department of Computer Graphic Arts, and later an MFA in 1999 from The University of Southern California's Department of Animation and Digital Arts. Josh has 8 years of professional experience in film, television, and audio production. He has been teaching for the past 7 years at all levels of education, from elementary school through graduate school. Joshua's professional career as an animator launched in 1999 when he began working for Will Vinton Studios on their stop motion TV shows for Fox, "The PJ's",and "Gary and Mike." At the completion of these shows he moved on to do commercial work and was eventually trained as a 3D animator. After leaving Will Vinton Studios, his animation career continued with work on numerous independent films, music videos, commercials, and feature films with companies including Fox TV, Fox Kids, Warner Brothers, Crystal Sky, Creative Visual EFX, Skyler Animation Studios, and National Geographic. Josh now works full time as an assistant professor teaching animation in DePaul University's School of Cinema and Interactive Media.


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