Daniel was born in 1972 in Burghausen, Germany. While graduating from the University of Media in Stuttgart/Germany, Daniel started to focuse on film, computer animation and slide multivision-shows. Since 1999 he works as a freelancer for several production companies, successfully and passionately directing promos and commercials.
Daniel is also one of the most promising musicvideo directors in Germany. Working together with big international names like N-synch, Anne Clark,Wyclef Jean and local german heroes like Ich&Ich, Herbert Grönemeyer, Silbermond, Juli, Söhne Mannheims, Max Raabe and Fanta4, his work was honored several times with the German Music Awards „Echo“ and the “Comet”.
In 2003 he founded his own musicvideo production KATAPULTFILMPRODUKTION based in Berlin, Germany.
 

 
Education & Qualifications
 
1993-97: Study of media-design, media-technique and media-economy at the university for media in Stuttgart, Germany
Practical focus in university: - Film (as DoP and Editor) - Computer-Animation (as Director and Animator) - Slide-multivision-show (as Director and Photographer)
 
Work Experience
 
1993-98: creative work for the advertising department of a middle class company
1993-97: editorial work and host of a radio-show on ”Studio 81” hospital-radio, Stuttgart
1994: 1st traineeship for DoRo-Productions Vienna (focus: assistant-editor, editor and grafic-design)
1995-96: 2nd traineeship for DoRo-Productions Vienna (focus: editor, assistant-director, making-of director)
1996-97:  freelancer for DoRo-Productions Vienna, first jobs as a director for promos
1997-99: exclusive work as a director for DoRo-Productions (promos and commercials)
 
since 1999 freelancer as a director for several production companies (promos and commercials)
 
since 2003 founder and associate of KATAPULT FILMPRODUKTION a musicvideo produktion in berlin (germany