Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Daniel has been making commercial, documentary, experimental, and narrative work for ten years. He has trained, worked, and exhibited his time-based and photographic works in Ethiopia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, the USA, France, and Canada. As many Africans look to the west as a way of life to aspire to, many traditional practices that constitute the core social functions within African societies are fast becoming obsolete. Daniel has made it his responsibility as a filmmaker to document, retell and re-imagine African stories to help them stay relevant in an increasingly developing world. Cultural identity should not be a compromise for development.
