Daniel Snaddon Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, WC, ZA

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Back with an amazing team on the Sunrise Feature Film as a Story Artist!

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Creative development, with a focus on animated features and short films.
• Most work under NDA =)

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Worked closely with the animation and rigging team to bring in an ambitious character count.
• Worked closely with the animation team (26 in total) to develop the stop-motion inspired style, providing detailed briefs and reviews.
• Aired on Christmas Day, and bought in 9.1m viewers over the season.
• Recently won an Audience Award at the New York International Children's Film Festival, and a nomination for a Magnolia award for Best Animation.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Mentor for the directors of "Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire" for Disney+.
• Worked with the development team on project selection for the final 10 films.
• Facilitated workshops on Storyboarding and Art Direction.

• Served as Co-Executive Producer for "Star Wars Visions 2: Aau's Song"
• Worked with the executive teams at Triggerfish and Lucasfilm Animation on the internal story and director development process.
• Coached the directors and writers on their final pitches to Lucasfilm Animation.

• Gave a remote lecture for the Online Visual Development Master Class in Ghana.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Worked closely with Head of Story Nathan Stanton (ex-Pixar) to put up 2 screenings of the animatic in 9 months.
• Served a team of 8 international artists working closely with the director, production and editorial on the story, the schedule and team management.
• Production paused to do pandemic.

• Worked closely with animation director, character designer and character supervisor on the character pipeline to implement an eclectic animation style which borrowed from both anime and stop-motion.
• Managed to animate just under a minute of the film, in addition to the above.

• Worked as in-studio director in partnership with LA based director Max Lang.
• Worked closely with animation and VFX departments to develop an ambitious simulation pipeline for the water shots.
• Winner of the Children's and Young People's BAFTA for Best Animation and Best Director (2022)
• Long-listed for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject.

Cape Town

• Worked as in-studio director in partnership with LA based director Max Lang.
• Worked closely with production, animation and rigging teams to develop a new character pipeline for an ambitious scope and reduced budget.
• Winner of the International Kids Emmy for Best Animation.

• Worked closely with the director to further develop a stop-motion inspired style in CGI.
• Delivered roughly 2 minutes of completed animation.

Cape Town

• Supervised animation and helped develop the animation style which was highly praised for its innovation and use of graphic stylisation.
• Oversaw 6 animators, delivering over 30% of the final animation, working closely with the directors on pitches and reviews.
• Personally produced just over 3 min of animation.
• Winner of the first European Animation Award (Emile) for best Character Animation in a TV/Broadcast production.

Cape Town

• Co-Directed the studio team in tandem with UK based director Jeroen Jaspaert, developing a stop-motion inspired style in CGI.
• Lead a team of over 50 artists, up-skilling across all departments.
• Animated over 20 seconds of the film in addition to directing duties.
• Winner of the "Cristal For Best TV Production" at Annecy in 2016.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Oversaw up to 8 animators to deliver around 33% of the finished animation.
• Personally produced over 2 minutes of completed animation for the film.
• Worked with the animation director on pitches and reviews, and with production on goals and schedule for the team.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Animated & directed animation for character driven brands, including Lego and Kelloggs.
• Directed a Coco-Pops spot that aired during the first game of the World Cup Soccer 2010.
• Directed the short film, "The Adventures of Toby: Crunch Time", overseeing a team of roughly 8 people.

Bachelor Of Visual Arts In Animation, Animation

• Graduated top of my class, awarded the medal for the Animation Programme. • Thesis film "Loskop" competed in Student Festivals globally.

Character Animation Master Classes, Animation

• Completed the Gobelins Character Animation Summer School 2010. • Worked with Gobelins to run an Animation Master Class at the first Cape.

Diploma 3D Animation, Animation

• Graduated top of my class in both my years.