It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our beloved friend, brother and uncle, Daniel Fazel, who left us far too soon on October 18, 2023.
Daniel was a unique individual whose warmth, love, and kindness deeply touched us all.
He was not only a loyal friend, a reliable partner, and an inspiring role model to many. His positive energy, infectious laughter, and tireless dedication to others will always be remembered. He was a person who was always there for his loved ones and whose generosity knew no bounds.
In his life, Daniel showed us what it means to live with compassion, strength, and unwavering faith. He taught us to appreciate the small moments and to make the most of every day.
The memories we share with Daniel are precious treasures that provide comfort in these difficult times.
May we all find the courage to live on in Daniel's spirit and to carry the values he taught us into the world.
Let us stand together and support one another as Daniel would have. He will always live on in our hearts and continue to inspire us.
We will miss him deeply but also be grateful for the time we were able to spend with him.
In loving memory.
Viviane Eichbaum, Sarah Eichbaum
Rest in peace, dear Daniel. You will forever be in our thoughts and hearts.
Vita
The Flashlead lighting & rendering - digital artist |
2018–2021 | |
Boss Levelvisual effects artist |
2020 | |
Batwomanlighting lead |
2019 | |
Supergirlvisual effects - digital artist |
2018–2019 | |
Titansdigital artist |
2018 | |
DC's Legends of Tomorrowdigital artist |
2018 | |
The Tickdigital artist |
2017–2018 | |
I'm Dying Up Heredigital artist |
2017 | |
Designated Survivordigital artist (uncredited) |
2017 | |
Undergrounddigital artist |
2017 | |
Breakthroughdigital artist |
2017 | |
The Last Man on Earthdigital artist (uncredited) |
2017 | |
Outsidersdigital artist |
2017 | |
Scorpiondigital artist |
2017 | |
Prison Breakdigital artist |
2017 | |
Black Sailsdigital artist |
2017 | |
The Walking Deaddigital artist (uncredited) |
2017 | |
Bonesdigital artist |
2017 | |
Patriotdigital artist |
2017 | |
American Horror Storydigital artist |
2016 | |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.digital artist (uncredited) |
2016 | |
Zoodigital artist |
2016 | |
TURN: Washington's Spiesdigital artist |
2016 | |
Star Trek Into Darknesslighter: Pixomondo |
2013 | |
Mars Needs Momssenior lighting/compositing |
2011 | |
The Last Airbenderstereo compositor |
2010 | |
Alice in Wonderlandlighter: CafeFX (uncredited) |
2010 | |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobracg artist: CIS Hollywood |
2009 | |
G-Force3D digital artist: Imageworks 3D |
2009 | |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttondigital artist |
2008 | |
Speed Racerdigital artist |
2008 | |
Beowulftechnical director: lighting/compositing |
2007 | |
Meet the Robinsonslighting and compositing |
2007 | |
Chicken Littlelighting and compositing |
2005 | |
The Karate Dogdigital artist (uncredited) |
2005 | |
I, RobotCG color & lighting artist: Digital Domain |
2004 | |
The Day After Tomorrowdigital artist |
2004 | |
Shrek 2stereo compositor |
2004 | |
PC and the Webdigital effects artist |
2001 | |
Stuart Littlelighting technical director |
1999 | |
The Thirteenth Floorlighting technical director |
1999 | |
Godzillatechnical director |
1998 | |
Speed 2: Cruise Controlfilming technician: Rhythm & Hues |
1997 | |
Kazaamfilming technician |
1996 | |
The Nutty Professorfilm recording: Rhythm & Hues |
1996 |
Daniel Fazel Spotify Playlist
Condolences
Tanya
My sincere condolences to you both. It’s heart breaking. I met Daniel while shopping for towels and we connected right away in German. Although we didn’t see each other a lot we spoke pretty frequently and had deep and funny conversations . May his memories be a blessing for you. 🙏
Lucine
Daniel you were one of the purest human beings I have known. Completely selfless with a heart of gold. I miss you every day
Robert Tobin
Daniel and I met onset of a short film my wife and I had written. We immediately hit it off. He'd read one of my screenwriting books and was so gracious about it. Then when a dispute arose with the producer, he immediately stood up for us (not that we needed it, but he didn't know that) and showed both courage and loyalty. Great, great guy. We spoke a few weeks before his death, trying to arrange a lunch meeting. I'm so sad that we weren't able to get that together. Great guy.
Josh
Dari war wie mein kleiner Bruder. Ich kenne seit den frühen 80 iger Jahren. Ein kleiner Junge der mit Mutter Schwester und Katze in einer schoenen Wohnung in Bad Godesberg lebte. In seinem Zimmer war der Mittelpunkt ein Commodore C64 mit Floppy Disc. Und zu Weihnachten schenkten seine Schwester und ich ihm zwei alte Kinosessel mit rotem Polster die auf einem schwarzen Podium montiert waren.
Schon damals war klar dass PC und Kino wichtige Faktoren in seinem Leben waren und wurden. Dari machte uns allen grosse Sorgen, der Morbus Cron beherrschte seinen und vorallem auch den Alltag seiner Mutter. Sie opferte sich auf und war immer fuer ihn da.
Dari erfüllte sich seinen Traum und ging in die USA. Nach Jahren hab ich ihn wieder zu einem traurigen Anlass gesehen. Leider zum letztenmal. Im Frühjahr haben wir telefoniert. Ein sehr schoenes langes Gespraech. Unser Letztes.
Elaina Scott
Daniel and I first met in 2014 and we connected right away and became fast friends. My dog was at work with me and she is normally very shy with new humans and rarely warms up to them but she warmed up to Daniel right away. In fact, very often I would look down at her bed to find it empty because she'd gone to sit with him. She would leave my lap in meetings to sit on his lap. We laughed about that a lot. We kept in close touch ever since. He came to work with me at Encore in 2018 and it was wonderful to see him every day. He and I both screen wrote on the side and I always looked to him for mentorship. I miss him terribly. The last time we chatted was 4 days before his passing. I can still hear his voice in my head. He had such a funny dark sense of humor but was SUCH a kind individual. Such a big heart. I'll always miss him.
Vasilis Spiliopoulos
Meine letzte Voice am 19.10.2023 hast du nicht mehr geschafft abzuhören...wir waren am 05.11.23 verabredet, 10 Wochen sollte ich bei dir bleiben, alles war schon geregelt und geplant und ich hab mich so darauf gefreut meinen kleineren Bruder wieder zu sehen. Ich erinnere mich noch wie gestern an unserem letzten Gespräch, 3 Stunden...Ich versuche zu verstehen, was ich überhört habe. Ich muss was überhört haben, sonst wäre ich schon am nächsten Tag bei dir. Ich habe es nicht mehr geschafft dich zu sehen und es zerreißt mich sehr! Meine Gedanken sind verwirrt und ich denke ständig an dich. Du wirst mir immer fehlen, bis an meinem letzten Tag! 30 Jahre gehen nicht spurlos an mir vorbei. Leb wohl mein Freund, dieses Lied ist an dich gewidmet, wir sehen uns in der nächsten Welt wieder, ich bin stolz auf dich und es war mir eine Ehre dich an meiner Seite gehabt zu haben! Du warst ein großer Kämpfer, bis zum letzten Tag!
🌷 Christianne
I have some REALLY good friends. I am superiorly blessed in that department. Last night, after work, i got a text letting me know that my dearest, best friend Daniel Fazel had passed peacefully in his sleep. His heart gave out. He actually wasn’t supposed to live past childhood, so his life was a miracle. We spoke daily, weekly, pandemically… you name it. 20 years… of non judgmental love and so much laughter. He had the most extraordinary, quirky outlook on life ….”I’m mad right now that you left without telling me….” I’m so very sad…….
I love you forever.xxx
Robert Tobin
I am shocked to learn of Daniel's passing. We worked together on a small film and he was kind and giving and fair, and we stayed in touch over the years since. We discussed only a couple of months ago meeting for dinner. It is to my great shame and sorrow that we were not able to make that happen. A good man.
Marco Khan
May you rest in Eternal Peace my friend. Our Kebob date has to wait a little bit longer. I’m saddened by your loss.
Elaina Scott
I first met Daniel while working at Pixomondo on a Roland Emmerich pitch project. We sat across from each other and we clicked right away. My dog, Suki, who is usually extremely shy with new humans and often takes a while to warm up to new humans walked up to him and snuggled him right away. That was my first sign that he was a great person. He helped me a lot on that project and stayed in touch. Many years later we got to work together again at Encore Hollywood. We talked at and after work often. I miss him terribly.
X
I never had a bad vibe from him personally, not a single conversation was a waste of time.
Stefan
Ich kann mir sehr gut vorstellen, dass er viele Menschen beeinflusst, unterstützt, bewegt, berührt, geprägt hat. Was ihn sehr ausgemacht hat, war tatsächlich seine Ehrlichkeit. Er hat stets gesagt was er dachte. Eine bewundernswerte, seltene Eigenschaft
Alessandro
Thanks for the Kafka reference. I can see how that author, his attention to the world within and the ironic and absurd way Kafka was describing the outside world may have reminded you of Daniel. He had this gift of finding the ironic contradiction and absurdities of everyday life through the lenses of a very honest and very thoughtful inner life. I miss him.
Jason
I could tell he was a good humored kind person.
John
One of a kind, we had some good laughs along the way. Always working on how to get out of this crazy business. You are free, no longer have to fight for the next gig. I will miss our talks and hearing about your next script, your next adventure. I will miss sharing the story of when we were in Las Vegas for my bachelor party and I told Daniel to put on sun screen. His reply “I don’t burn”. Well that night we all got together to go to dinner. Daniel had a black shirt with a very red dragon design on the front. I said oh Daniel, you didn’t put on sun screen and his chest color was redder than the very red color of the dragon design. Daniel’s reply was priceless in only the way he could deliver, “I Burn”. You will be missed my friend! I hope you are at peace. I will miss your one of a kind sense of humor. Rest in peace.
Marcos
I had the pleasure of working with Daniel for many years and in many cool projects. He was a very kind and loving person. Also we used to laugh a lot together. I am very sad but would like to send you all my condolences.
Alessa
I'm very sorry to hear this. He was a truly lovely human being.
Bob
Dan was the first other Persian person I met in the industry. We hit it off right away. We had a lot of similar and parallel interests.
Being a VFX Artist in Los Angeles has been hard since most of the work has gone elsewhere. We looked after each other as best we could, helped each other find gigs, made recommendations and vouched for the other to help get the gig.
We would jokingly introduce the other as the cousin, and called each other Habibi (another joke, it's actually Arabic for beloved friend).
We were both closet musicians.
We were both aspiring to write and direct. I just finished a pilot that I was going to send him so he could tell me how stupid my story structure was… He was honest and hysterically funny at the same time. I was looking forward to that. And help fuel hope that our day would come.
I spent the last few days cry-laughing through our texts over the years. We had very similar senses of humor.
You’ll be missed.
Rest In Peace Habibi.
Pierre
I moved back to Germany in late 2011 and Daniel was living in Germany again around the same time I was living there. We were good friends from LA and kept in touch throughout the years. We often spoke on the phone in Germany when I lived there again between 2011 - 2016. First in Berlin and then Düsseldorf. He was always such a sweet person and we had many common friends from our years in LA. I have some great memories with him. Since late 2017, I have been living in Plano, TX, part of DFW. Daniel actually lived in Plano too many years ago. I’m a schooled drummer and we often talked about music. We kept in touch since I lived here in Texas and I had been wanting to visit him in Valencia and also see his new house. He often spoke of his scenic property and loved living there. I can’t believe he left us so sudden. I have a heavy heart and never got to visit him again. It’s sad and he was way too young. I was born in 1973 so we weren’t that far apart. RIP Daniel. Ich werde dich vermissen.
Brian Lee
Daniel Fazel was a friend of mine who was also one of the first people I met in the VFX industry. On the first morning of my internship at Sony Pictures Imageworks in 2007, I was waiting in the lobby to be brought inside for orientation, and Daniel was there as well. He introduced himself to me, and I learned that he was there for his first day as a lighter and compositor. He was genuinely interested to learn about what I was going to be doing as an intern, which initially surprised me because he was a senior artist, and I was just stepping into the industry. However, Daniel’s humility, thoughtfulness, and friendliness were constants when he would say hi to me on campus that summer, when I would cross paths with him at other studios as I grew my career, and throughout the phone calls and meals I would get to share with him during what became 16 years of friendship. He was a truly kind friend, talented artist, and hilarious storyteller. If you were lucky to know him as well…The industry needs more people like Daniel, and the world needs more people like him too.
christopher kerber
I know Daniel from Bonn. We grew up together in the 90-ies and we were at the same high school. I've visited him once in Los Angeles, in 1997. He was a good, brave and honest person.
X
Nice guy , was always so nice.
Chris Johnston
Debbie
I love Daniel & will miss talking with him.. we’ve had many long phone calls…
Keith
We all cared about Daniel very much. He was a very talented artist and creative friend. I had worked with him at Sony, Pixomondo and Encore. He will be missed by many, many people.
John
Daniel and I have been friends through work for over 20 years. He was at my bachelor party 24 years ago. He was one of my very good work friends. He was an amazing creative person that was always straightforward! He will be missed and I am so sad to get this news . I know our connection was strong, I was thinking of him a few days ago and we had not talked for a few months. Your brother was loved and he was an amazing human. He was always Daniel, I loved that about him!
June
I’ve sent Daniel lot of pics of my cat, who passed away earlier this month. Daniel was there for me when it happened. He is an angel. I’m so grateful that I’ve met him.
Christianne
Daniel was like family to me. My best friend for 20 years at least…. I am beyond devastated.
Manuela
Mein Herz ist gebrochen, meine Gedanken sind immer bei Daniel. Er war so ein toller, ehrlicher und liebenswerter Mensch und hat viele Herzen berührt, ich vermisse ihn so sehr.
Chad
We really loved each other. Not working with him.. longtime friend.
Luso
And the very last time we spoke he told me that he can’t wait to give it to me to inspire me to make music and I was so grateful of his thoughtfulness of getting something so sentimental to me to inspire me to do something I love.
Elaina
When we first met we sat across from each other and I had my dog at work with me and she loved him immediately …. I can still hear his voice and sarcastic jokes in my head. I miss him so much.
Tammy
Daniel was a good friend of mine and such an amazing soul. I know he’s in a much better place and I look forward to seeing him again some day.
Malia
Daniel had the biggest heart. Every day moving forward I will always learn from him.
Nico
Daniel was such a blast to have around work. Always with the best sense of humor. He will be missed 😢
Zsolti
I’ll cherish the memory of my last conversation with him forever…
X
I never had a bad vibe from him personally, not a single conversation was a waste of time.
X
My heart breaks reading this… Daniel Fazel was one of my first friends when I moved to LA. He was so warm, honest, humble. Just a great human being. A wonderful heart. Rest in peace sweat Daniel….