Michael Betancourt (born 1971) is a critical theorist, film theorist,
art & film historian, and animator. His principal published works
focus on the critique of digital capitalism, motion graphics, visual
music, new media art, theory, and formalist study of motion
pictures.Betancourt was born in New Jersey in 1971. He enrolled at
Temple University for film studies and received an MA in Film Studies
at the University of Miami, studying under film historian William
Rothman. He also received his Ph.D degree from the University of Miami
in Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing on Art History,
Communications/Film Studies, and History.In addition to scholarly
work, he has written popular articles and reviews on art, art theory,
and culture for magazines, including The Atlantic, Make Magazine,
Miami Art Exchange and Art Scene.Betancourt's father is the
archaeologist Philip P. Betancourt and his brother is the author John
Gregory Betancourt. Michael spent his summers in both Crete and Greece
and worked as a photographer on his father's excavation at Pseira.
art & film historian, and animator. His principal published works
focus on the critique of digital capitalism, motion graphics, visual
music, new media art, theory, and formalist study of motion
pictures.Betancourt was born in New Jersey in 1971. He enrolled at
Temple University for film studies and received an MA in Film Studies
at the University of Miami, studying under film historian William
Rothman. He also received his Ph.D degree from the University of Miami
in Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing on Art History,
Communications/Film Studies, and History.In addition to scholarly
work, he has written popular articles and reviews on art, art theory,
and culture for magazines, including The Atlantic, Make Magazine,
Miami Art Exchange and Art Scene.Betancourt's father is the
archaeologist Philip P. Betancourt and his brother is the author John
Gregory Betancourt. Michael spent his summers in both Crete and Greece
and worked as a photographer on his father's excavation at Pseira.
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