About me

Hello, I'm Daniel Sappa, a 3D Animator and AI Filmmaker with 17 years of experience in the film and animation industry. Born and raised in the Swiss Alps I grew up with skis and snowboards under my feet. Through winter sports, I had a chance to work with some world-class sports photographers and filmmakers early on. My passion for filmmaking started right there, high up on the snowy peaks of Switzerland. With this newly found passion, I decided to go to Milano and attend the design school IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) and that is where I learned about 3D animation. Right after school, I got the opportunity to start working in the industry. During my career as a 3D animator, I was able to work on all kinds of projects, mostly movies and commercials, from Iron Man 2, to children's movies like Petterson and Findus. I worked and lived in Germany, England, Norway, Italy and I even spent 1 year in China.
I now live in Norway, I am married and we have 2 young kids. In early 2023 I joined the AI Filmmaking course in order to be up to date with the current tools, during this short course I created a fictional Nike commercial that turned out to be somewhat successful and I got a bit of attention in the Ai film world. It's incredible what can be done with all this new technology and it seems to be only the beginning.
I'm dedicated to discovering more about the AI Filmmaking journey and hope to be making an impact in the industry.

3D Animation Reel

My background is in 3D Animation and I am excited to see how AI will change the way we work. All the Animation sin this reel have been Keyframe animated, no AI was used to achive these results