Daniel St. Pierre

Daniel St. Pierre began his professional film-making career in the heart of Southern California's San Fernando Valley, home to many celebrated animation studios such as Filmation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, D.I.C. and Ruby-Spears. Through the 1980's Daniel plied his talents as storyboard artist, layout supervisor, background painter and animator; earning him credit on popular television series including, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra: Princess of Power, and Ghostbusters - among others. In 1987 Mr. St. Pierre was recruited as a Layout Artist on Walt Disney's animated feature, The Little Mermaid and during the next 18 years was an artistic lead on Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Ultimately, Daniel served as Art Director on Walt Disney's, Tarzan, which earned a Sci-Tech Academy Award for the acclaimed, "Deep Canvas" process and honored him an Annie Award nomination for, 'Best Personal Achievement in Art Direction'. In addition, Mr. St. Pierre was appointed to Disney's prestigious Artist Review Board and became a senior mentor for artistic development. Following his Disney years, Mr. St. Pierre supervised animated motion picture development at DreamWorks SKG and served as Production Designer on the hit DreamWorks film, Shark Tale. Daniel's directing bow came in 2004 when he partnered with Christopher Reeve in the production of the animated family adventure, Everyone's Hero. As Director, credits also include, Quantum Quest - A Cassini Space Odyssey, and Legends of Oz - Dorothy's Return which was honored with a 'Best Animated Feature' nomination at the Annecy International Animation Festival in 2013. Recent works include, High in the Clouds with Sir Paul McCartney and a variety of film consulting and project development endeavors. Mr. St. Pierre enjoys collaboration with entertainment companies worldwide, including Virtual Reality content creation companies.