Daniel grew up in São Paulo, studied Advertising and Marketing in his hometown, and kicked off his career whilst working with the best creatives at AlmapBBDO and F/Nazca Saatchi&Saatchi. By 2004 he was part of the Brazilian delegation of Young Creatives at Cannes.
Daniel continued building an award-winning career, and in 2005 he moved to Y&R São Paulo as an Art Director, during this time the agency was recognized as one of the most awarded agencies in Cannes, taking one of the top 5 places as most awarded agencies in the world in 2012. Later on, he joined Leo Burnett Dubai as Creative Director / Head of Art.
After having worked in advertising for over 20 years, he sizes the opportunity and decides to join Zombie Studio as a partner, Creative Director and Film Director leading the studio to be awarded the Best Production Company at the London International Awards - LIA, in 2019. In the same year, Daniel was ranked the 2nd most awarded Creative Director in the world at Cannes Global Creativity Report.
He has won 250+ awards across festivals worldwide, including 29 Cannes Lions, 13 D&AD pencils, 4 Grand Prix at Cannes, 2 Grand Clios, 3 Grand LIAs, 1 Best of Disciplines at One Show, 1 Grand Effie, and many other shows such as Epica, Dubai Lynx, Webby and El Ojo de Iberoámerica among others.
