David Daniels
David Daniels is an American commercial director, filmmaker, and co-founder of the Portland, Oregon based animation studio Bent Image Lab. With a Masters Degree in Animation from The California Institute of the Arts , Daniels’ expertise includes computer , clay, foam, character, and... mixed-media animation. Early in his career, Daniels animated parts of Pee-wee's Playhouse, and sections of Peter Gabriel’s music video "Big Time." David later directed the original twelve M & M spots, helping define the CGI designs of Yellow, Blue, Red and Green personalities that are still being used over a decade later. His industry awards include an AICP award, a Clio, Mobius awards and a Daytime Emmy. His clients include Hewlett Packard, Fox, MTV, NBC, Pepsi, Nabisco, Mars, Sesame Street, Tinactin , and Kelloggs. Daniels invented a technique he termed Strata-cut animation, a form of clay animation in which internally packed "loaves" of clay are animated in thin slices, revealing the movement of the pre-sculpted images within.
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