Birth Name: | Benjamin Timothy Arthur |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1982 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, CA |
Area: | Animator, illustrator |
Nationality: | American |
Website: | https://arthuranimation.com |
Benjamin Timothy Arthur (born April 26, 1982, in San Francisco, California) is an American animator. He gained modest acclaim for his animation Once Upon a Time in the Woods,[1] a Rotoscope of his younger brother Julian during a walk in the woods, which has been in numerous film contests around the world and on Current TV.[2]
Arthur also animated the popular "Why Can't We Walk Straight?" and "The Billion Bug Highway" animations for NPR's Robert Krulwich.[3] [4] Arthur (along with Krulwich) was the recipient of a third-place Multimedia Innovation award from the White House News Photographers Association's 2011 Eyes of History: New Media Contest.[5]