Danielle Feinberg
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Danielle Feinberg | |
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Born | |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | cinematographer computer scientist |
Years active | 1997-present |
Notable work | WALL-E (2008) Brave (2012) |
Danielle Feinberg is an American cinematographer and Director of Photography for Lighting at Pixar Animation Studios. She directed lighting for the Academy Award-winning films WALL-E and Brave and is now working on the upcoming Pixar film, Coco.
Life and career
Danielle Feinberg was born in Boulder, Colorado and graduated from Boulder High School. Growing up, she attended summer camps and after-school programs for students interested in computer programming and engineering.[1] She attended Harvard University, where she was introduced to computer animation in a computer graphics course during her junior year.[2] She graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in computer science.
After graduating from Harvard, she started working at Pixar Animation Studios in February 1997 as a technician managing the large libraries of data and images for rendering A Bug's Life.[1] She has since been credited for leading work in visual effects, technical direction, and graphics.[3]
Filmography
Feature films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | A Bug's Life | lead render technical director | |
1999 | Toy Story 2 | master lighting artist | |
2001 | Monsters, Inc | master lighting artist | |
2003 | Finding Nemo | computer graphics supervisor | lead development on ocean graphics unit[4] |
2004 | The Incredibles | lead lighting artist | |
2007 | Ratatouille | master lighting artist | |
2008 | WALL-E | director of photography in lighting | |
2012 | Brave | director of photography in lighting | |
2015 | Inside Out | master lighting artist |
Short films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Exploring the Reef | technical supervisor | short documentary film distributed with Finding Nemo |
2006 | Lifted | lighting artist | |
2008 | BURN-E | lighting consultant |
See also
References
- ^ a b Suechting, Max (July–August 2015). "Action, Camera, Lights: Putting the finishing touches on animated worlds". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ "Q&A with Danielle Feinberg". Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ "IMDb Danielle Feinberg". Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ "TED Talk: The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life". Retrieved January 16, 2017.