Ben Kauffman Biography

Ben Kauffman

At Writers Theatre: Mementos Mori

Ben Kauffman is a Chicago-based composer, director, interactive media artist and co-Artistic Director of Manual Cinema. His film and interactive work has been shown at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion (Chicago), the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago), the University of Wisconsin and CUNY’s Baruch College (NYC). His past composer credits with Manual Cinema include Frankenstein, The End of TV and the Emmy award-winning New York Times documentary The Forger. He holds a Master’s degree from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).

[Bio as of March 2020]