Daniel Edwards

Daniel Edwards

animated at Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks, Sony

Senior Animator / 21 yrs

Los Angeles

Hire Me

Animator

Zootopia 2 (2025)

Animator

Moana 2 (2024)

Animator

Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

Animator

Trolls Band Together (2023)

Animator

Flutter (2023)

Animator

Strange World (2022)

Animator

Baymax! (2022)

Animator

Trolls Holiday in Harmony (2021)

Animator

Encanto (2021)

Animator

The Boss Baby 2 (2021)

Animator

Trolls World Tour (2020)

Animator

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Animator

Zootopia (2016)

Animator (segment "Frozen Fever")

Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015)

Animator

Frozen Fever (2015)

Animator

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Animator

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Animator

Arthur Christmas (2011)

Character Animator

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Animator

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Animator

LittleBigPlanet (2008)

Animator

Roach Approach: Don't Miss the Boat (2004)
some latest DW and Disney work
Daniel Edwards old Demo Reel
I've animated film, tv spots, video games (both gameplay and cinematics), I've done previs and I'm pretty handy working on cars if you're in a jam
Work History

  • Animator

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    June 2024 - Present
    Burbank, California, United States

    Moana 2

  • Animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    November 2022 - May 2024
    Glendale, California, United States

    Trolls 3, Kung Fu Panda 4, The Wild Robot

  • Animator

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    June 2021 - August 2022
    Burbank, CA

  • Animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    September 2018 - June 2021
    Glendale

  • animator

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    February 2014 - August 2018
    Burbank, CA

    I animate for Disney and I fucking love it. Hi five younger me, we made it happen.

  • Senior Animator

    Spark Unlimited

    May 2012 - November 2013

    Animating ninjas, robots, and zombies. Yeah, it's awesome.

  • animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2008 - May 2012

    Animator of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs! It's an awesome movie with some of the greatest humor I've seen in a long while. Did I mention it has Mr. T in it? Yeah, it's that epic.

  • Animator

    Sony Pictures Animation

    2008 - May 2012

  • Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    2008 - 2009

    Animation in perpetual crunch mode. It's like long distance sprinting without the cardio benefits.

  • Animator

    2K Los Angeles

    October 2006 - March 2008

    120fps mocap, no problem.

  • Animator

    Left Field Productions

    2008 - 2008

  • Student

    Animation Mentor

    2007 - 2008

  • Animator

    Kush Games

    2006 - 2007

    Kush Games became 2K Los Angeles

  • Animator

    Buzzie Studios

    2005 - 2005

  • Animator

    Wacky World Studios

    2004 - 2005
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Education

  • Certificate Program in Character Animation

    Animation Mentor

    2007 - 2008

  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Animation

    Ringling College of Art and Design

    2000 - 2004