DANIEL FAZEL

Daniel you were one of the purest human beings I have known. Completely selfless with a heart of gold. I miss you every day

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

I could tell he was a good humored kind person.

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.

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.

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.

Nice guy , was always so nice.

I love Daniel & will miss talking with him.. we’ve had many long phone calls…

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!

Daniel was like family to me. My best friend for 20 years at least…. I am beyond devastated.

We really loved each other. Not working with him.. longtime friend.

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.

Daniel had the biggest heart. Every day moving forward I will always learn from him.

I’ll cherish the memory of my last conversation with him forever…

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….