Yoni Goodman (Hebrew: יוני גודמן‎) (born 1976) is an Israeli animator.

Biographie

Goodman began his career as an illustrator and graphic designer, working for two of Israel's major newspapers, Maariv and Haaretz. In 1998, he studied at the department of visual communication in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, majoring in animation. After his graduation in 2002, Yoni worked as a freelance animator and illustrator, working on commercials, short films and clips, as well as teaching animation in the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

In 2004, Yoni worked as an animation director for Ari Folman's documentary series The material that love is made of. Folman and Goodman's collaboration continued with Yoni as an animation director in Ari Folman's acclaimed film Waltz with Bashir. Goodman also developed the Adobe Flash Cutout technique for the film.

In 2009, he made several short films for human rights organizations, notably the short film Closed Zone, protesting against the Gaza blockade. Yoni also worked as an animation director in the short film The Gift, directed by Ari Mark.
He is due to begin his role as an Animation Director for Ari Folman's upcoming feature "The Futurological Congress", based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem.

Yoni Goodman currently lives in Israel with his wife and 3 children.