amit naftali

Growing up all over the world, I was all about expression. I always knew that making people smile, laugh and feel was what I was meant to do, and so I did- whether it’s through acting, writing, costume designing, painting, you name it- I was always this odd combination of the class clown and the observant kid that draws in his notebook in the corner of the room. I knew the power that entertainment had in bridging cultural gaps, and being raised on animation, I felt the power of animated storytelling as an ideal marriage of everything that I love, and I’ve been enamored ever since. Coming from a family of 4 children with a triple citizenship, I completed an IB diploma in New Delhi, and immediately after I enrolled in a mandatory military service in an art and chemistry program in the intelligence corps of Israel. Upon completion of my service in 2021, I began searching for a higher education. I knew I wanted to come to study here in America, and after seeing the edge-cutting technology and quality of Ringling College’s computer animation program, I knew right away that this was my tomorrow. I decided to step out of my comfort zone and, quite literally, leave everything and everyone continents behind me. I took a leap of faith, and prayed it would pay off. Since coming to Ringling, I became the trustee scholar of the computer animation major, interned at MAKE visual studio in 2025, and was lucky to have my work included in Best of Ringling numerous times,