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Yoni Goodman

Yoni Goodman is an Israeli animator, known as the animation director of Ari Folman's films Waltz with Bashir and The Congress.

born 1976Animation direction of Waltz with BashirAnimation direction of The CongressThe short film Closed ZoneAnimated videos for health organizations

Occupation: animator, animation director, graphic designer, illustrator
Education: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Yoni Goodman was born in 1976

Yoni Goodman was born in 1976. He started out as an illustrator and graphic designer for the newspapers Haaretz and Maariv.

He studied visual communication at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, majoring in animation. He graduated in 2002 and then worked as a freelance animator and illustrator, while also teaching animation at Bezalel.

In 2004 he began working with director Ari Folman as animation director. He was animation director of Waltz with Bashir, released in 2008, and developed an Adobe Flash cutout technique for it. He later directed the animation of The Congress, released in 2013, and of Where Is Anne Frank, which premiered at Cannes in 2021.

Goodman also makes animated videos for human rights and global health groups. In 2009 he made the short film Closed Zone about freedom of movement for Gaza residents, and he made health videos about cholera, ebola and coronavirus. In 2015 he illustrated a book by Yehonatan Geffen.