Daniele Auber is a Concept Designer/Filmmaker, who developed his skills
working for 25 years in various fields of the movie industry
along with authorities as TERRY GILLIAM, WES CRAVEN, DARIO ARGENTO
and the JIM HENSON's CREATURE SHOP (with whom he won an Emmy Award).
Daniele grew up in Italy, lived in England and is now based in California.
He started his career in the 80’s in Rome, working on horror and sci-fi films
at Sergio Stivaletti’s workshop
(animatronics, sculpting, stop-motion, prosthetic make-up, etc.).
He also had a parallel career as an actor, for a few years,
and acted in 5 theatrically released Italian films.
In London he kept working on Special Effects for music videos and movies
(Supergrass, “Harry Potter”, etc.).
In 2001 he decided to stop building monsters and concentrate on design,
becoming a Concept Designer (“Brothers Grimm” by Terry Gilliam).
He now spends his days drawing creatures,
environments, film sequences, and storyboards.
photo: Reed Ingram Weir