Joey Ahlbum was born and raised in New York City and Brooklyn. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design and The School of Visual Arts.

His animation and illustration work includes projects for Nickelodeon, Pizza Hut, Cartoon Network, MTV, Frederator, and PBS.He was supervising director on the Emmy award winning "Clifford's Puppy Days" for Scholastic. He is currently working on his ninth season of "Elmo's World" where he has completed over 50 episodes.

Joey Ahlbum's personal films include his thesis film at SVA called "Bandits!" which toured in a Best of ASIFA series and played in Movies in the Park."Parade" was shown at the Zagreb Animation Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, and included in a package of short films that toured the U.S. and played at the Film Forum in NYC. He currently lives on the Lower East Side with his lovely wife and daughter. He enjoys trips to the beach, eating Korean food, and riding his bike to work.