Festival Year: 2018

Joseph Erb

Roles: Director

Joseph Erb (Cherokee) is a computer animator, film producer, educator, language technologist and artist enrolled in the Cherokee Nation. He earned his MFA degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Erb created the first Cherokee animation in the Cherokee language, ͞The Beginning They Told͟. He used his artistic skills to teach Muscogee Creek and Cherokee students how to animate traditional stories. Most of this work is created in the Cherokee Language. He has spent many years working on projects that will expand the use of Cherokee language in technology and the Arts. Erb works at Cherokee Nation Education Services.

Festival Year: 2018