Joshua Frankel (born 1980) is an American contemporary artist and director who makes work in many different media, including animation, film, opera, drawing, printmaking and public art.
[5][6] Ann Midgette of the Washington Post called his film Plan Of The City “one of the best matches of visuals to music I’ve seen.”[1] Joshua Frankel's animated collages use modern techniques to represent history, not depicting precisely what happened during specific events but evoking how they felt.
[13] A Marvelous Order is an opera about the battle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs[14] over the fate of New York City, conceived by Frankel, composer Judd Greenstein and poet Tracy K.
[6][5] The completed opera had its world premiere on October 20, 2022 at the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, in the culmination of a multi-year partnership including three creative development residencies.
[20][21] Emergent System is an animated film by Frankel synchronized to music by composer Missy Mazzoli and featuring choreography by Faye Driscoll, commissioned by Peak Performances at Montclair State University.