This week on 8111, Daniel Jeannette. Daniel grew up near Normandy. His parents both worked for the Dutch company Philips, where Daniel worked during the Summer to save money to buy a Super 8 camera. As a kid he was always interested in drawing, in part from his love of comics. While at the same time, he had a natural mechanical inclination born from his interest in motorcycles that he would both ride as well maintain.
He attended the Gobelins school and studied animation. During his French military service, Daniel worked in the film/video division along with his other duties. Afterwards he got a call from an old school friend to come work doing animation cleanup on a television program. After a long five years working as an apprentice, Daniel finally got a chance to work as a full blown animator in Spain.
A motorcycle accident in Paris kept Daniel from returning to Spain and led to an opportunity working for Disney. He then moved to London to work for Spielberg on American Tales until 1994 when he was invited to come work at ILM.
Daniel’s credits include; Jumanji, Dragon Heart, Jurassic Park 2, Mighty Joe Young, The Mummy, Van Helsing, Happy Feet, Where the Wild Things Are, and many others.
Today, Daniel lives in Los Angeles and works freelance as a VFX Supervisor, Director, Animation Supervisor, and consultant. It was a blast catching up with Daniel and hearing his amazing story.
