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Schorr Daniel
Daniel Schorr was born in Rio de Janeiro , where he studied social communications, specializing in film animation. His first film, Viagem de ônibus, received the First Prize for Animation in Havana . He also directed Cesium and Street Kids Life .
In the 1980s, Daniel trained in animation in Brazil with visiting NFB filmmakers and subsequently became the first Latin American director to be hired by the NFB animation studio. In Montreal , Daniel worked on several National Film Board of Canada productions, including Jours de plaine (1990), Dinosaurs: Piecing It All Together (1991) and Snow Cat (1998). His film Recital received the Best Direction Prize in Festival de Recife, Brazil . He also co-directed the award-winning Jonas and Lisa (1995) on children's rights.
Daniel enjoys teaching and has given animation workshops in Brazil , Canada and Spain . He also enjoys radio and has a program about Brazil at McGill University radio in Montreal .
Dominoes , (2006), his most recent National Film Board of Canada film, is part of the ShowPeace Series on conflict resolution. It was animated under the camera with paper cut-outs in tribute to NFB animation film pioneers.
