Ben Grossmann

Ben Grossmann

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Grossmann grew up in Delta Junction. After exhausting his home school options, he started at UAF at age 16. While attending classes, he worked as a photojournalist in Fairbanks. He earned an associate degree but fell a few credits short of a bachelor色视频下载檚 in international politics before decamping to California.

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Grossmann co-founded Magnopus, a visual research and development company in Los Angeles. He lives there with his wife and daughter.

More online about Ben Grossman:

  • in the fall 2015 edition of UAF色视频下载檚 Aurora magazine

  • at the website of the company he co-founded, Magnopus

  • of his 2015 commencement speech

  • about his second Oscar nomination

  • on YouTube