SENIOR BIO

Ari Felsen is a Senior at The University of Tampa pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Animation, supplemented with a minor in Digital Media. His interests range across the broad spectrum of production in the Film and Digital Arts fields; but his specific passions in 2D Animation, motion graphics, music videos, and graphic design are where he strives to continuously improve his skills, and sees himself happiest and most successful as a career.

JUNIOR BIO

Ari Felsen was born in Arlington, Texas and lived there until he moved to Randolph, New Jersey at the age of 3 (three). He found his love for film and digital arts at a very young age, but it wasn’t until eighth grade when he took his first filmmaking class that he knew it was the direction he wanted to take his life and career.

His passion and skill became more prominent in high school as he enrolled in every single film class his school had to offer. He created a plethora of different films and won several awards in the annual Film Festivals throughout his high school career. He took on the next chapter of his life at the University of Tampa as he entered as a Film and Media Arts major. Although Ari loved everything about Film and Media Arts, he decided to switch his major to Digital Arts during his sophomore year as he felt that Animation and computer arts were the better fitting path for him and his career.

Currently, Ari is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Arts, with an ultimate goal to lead to a career position in the field of Animation and Visual/Special Effects, where he can help an organization enhance their media using creativity, film and design.