Daniel Schorr was born in Rio de Janeiro, where he studied Communications, specializing in Film Animation. His first film, Viagem de ônibus, received the First Prize for Animation in Havana. 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. Dominoes (NFB, 2006) is part of the ShowPeace Series on conflict resolution. No Planet B (2022) is a 3D digital animation drawing attention to the risk of annihilation of the planet. He has taught animation, filmmaking, video production, media and films studies at John Abbott College since 2007.