Daniel Saint Pierre is an American film director, art director, production designer, actor, animation artist, and musician.
Education
Later works include The Lion King (1994), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and Shark Tale (2004) His directorial projects include Everyone"s Hero (2006) a film by the late Christopher Reeve that was completed by Saint Pierre and Colin Brady, Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2009), and Legends of Oz: Dorothy"s Return (2014).
Career
Saint Pierre has been heavily involved in television and feature animation since 1983, making contributions to He-Manitoba and the Masters of the Universe, Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Manitoba and She-Ra, Filmation"s Ghostbusters, BraveStarr, and Potsworth & Company In 1989 he joined Walt Disney Feature Animation. His first films there included The Little Mermaid, The Prince and the Pauper, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.
While working on, he and his team at Disney developed a patented process called Deep Canvas that allowed them to animate 3-Doctorate backgrounds before animating the characters, thus enhancing the apparent depth of backgrounds.
While with Disney, he also animated a series of Christian themed films for Nest Family Entertainment, including Abraham and Isaac, Moses, and Elijah. Hollywood.com, Star Pulse.