William Kentridge is an artist, theatre and filmmaker. In 1976 he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with majors in Politics and African Studies. From 1976 to 1978 he was a student at the Johannesburg Art Foundation, where he taught etching for two years thereafter. During 1981 and 1982 he studied mime and theatre at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Kentridge has worked extensively in theatre as an actor, designer, and director, and was a founding member of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company. In 1989 he created his first animated film in the Soho Eckstein, Felix Teitlebaum series, titled “Johannesburg 2nd Greatest City After Paris.” In 1992 he staged his first theatre project in conjunction with Handspring Puppet Company, “Woyzeck on the Highveld.”