Michael J. Epstein (born 1976), is an American filmmaker, musician,
writer, and auditory scientist. Epstein has also spoken and written
about the impact of local media on the arts, music service
gatekeeping, effective social networking, and crowdfunding.Epstein was
born in Smithtown, New York. His father is author Lawrence J. Epstein.
Epstein grew up in Stony Brook, New York. and was raised
Jewish.Epstein comes from a technical background, but shifted toward
creative work, saying he, "was building electronics projects and
writing adventure games on my VIC-20 in gradeschool... [and] started
seeing a lot of commonality between all of this creative work and my
more formal training in electrical engineering as my creative skills
advanced."Epstein received a BS in electrical engineering from
Binghamton University and a PhD in electrical and computer engineering
in 2004 from Northeastern University and joined the audiology faculty
there in 2005. Epstein became a tenured professor at the university,
studying psychoacoustics, loudness, auditory electrophysiology, and
sound design before leaving Boston in 2016 to pursue full-time
filmmaking.
writer, and auditory scientist. Epstein has also spoken and written
about the impact of local media on the arts, music service
gatekeeping, effective social networking, and crowdfunding.Epstein was
born in Smithtown, New York. His father is author Lawrence J. Epstein.
Epstein grew up in Stony Brook, New York. and was raised
Jewish.Epstein comes from a technical background, but shifted toward
creative work, saying he, "was building electronics projects and
writing adventure games on my VIC-20 in gradeschool... [and] started
seeing a lot of commonality between all of this creative work and my
more formal training in electrical engineering as my creative skills
advanced."Epstein received a BS in electrical engineering from
Binghamton University and a PhD in electrical and computer engineering
in 2004 from Northeastern University and joined the audiology faculty
there in 2005. Epstein became a tenured professor at the university,
studying psychoacoustics, loudness, auditory electrophysiology, and
sound design before leaving Boston in 2016 to pursue full-time
filmmaking.
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