Daniel Stieglitz (born 4 March 1980 in Cham, (Germany)) is a
caricature
A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, a ...
artist, director and writer. He studied animation,
illustration
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, vid ...
and filmmaking at the
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Kunsthochschule Kassel (German; "Kassel College of Art") is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel .
Notable people
* Daniel Stieglitz
* Peter Angermann
* Si ...
in
Hessia
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
and graduated with the 45min movie "Spielzeugland Endstation" in 2008, which won Hessian Film Award in 2009.
He has worked as a storyboard artist for commercials and movies like the Oscar nominated The Baader Meinhof Complex and did animations for several german TV-Shows.
In 2018 he won the Golden Nosey Award at the ISCA Convention in San Diego
As a professional live caricature artist, he was invited to many international conventions as a guest speaker.
Among others:
* 2015 at the 2. Festival for Graphic Storytelling in Kassel
* 2018 at the Caricature Convention
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Vienna
* 2019 at the Asociación Española de Caricaturistas Congress in Valencia
Publications
Movies
* 2002: Toons Total – animated Short, ''director, animation''
* 2005: Happy End – Jede Geschichte braucht ein Ende, ''director, screenwriter, producer''
* 2006: fly and fall, ''director, screenwriter, producer''
* 2009: Spielzeugland Endstation, ''director, screenwriter, producer''
Books
* Drachen gibt's nicht 2016 ()
* Kritzelblock Kassel 2015 ()
* Elli ist schlecht drauf 2017
* Was mich ärgert, entscheide ich (Illustrator) 2019 ()
* Mein Jahr 2021 mit SWR1 Hits & Storys (Illustrator) 2020 ()
* Luis und Lena - Die Zahnlücke des Grauens (Illustrator) 2020 ()
* Jolly Old Elf: The Art of Santa H. Claus (Illustrator) 2020 ()
* Luis und Lena - Der Zwerg des Zorns (Illustrator) 2021 ()
* Mein Jahr 2022 mit SWR1 Hits & Storys (Illustrator) 2021 ()
* Luis und Lena - Die Scherze des Schreckens (Illustrator) 2022 ()
Awards
Daniel Stieglitz has won numerous international awards, including
* 2021 1. Place for ''Best Caricature of the Year'' at the '' ISCA Con 2021'' in Las Vegas
* 2021 Silver Nosey 2. Place for ''Second Best Caricature Artist of the Year'' at the '' ISCA Con 2021'' in Las Vegas
* 2021 1. Place for ''Outstanding Group Composition'' at the '' ISCA Con 2021'' in Las Vegas
* 2021 1. Place for ''Best Live Event Style'' at the '' ISCA Con 2021'' in Las Vegas
* 2020 1. Place for Best Caricature of the Year at the '' ISCA Con 2020'' MAILBOX MAYHEM
* 2020 1. Place for Outstanding Group Composition at the '' ISCA Con 2020'' MAILBOX MAYHEM
* 2019 1. Place for ''Best Caricature of the Year'' at the '' ISCA Con 2019'' in Memphis
* 2019 1. Place for ''Outstanding Group Composition'' at the '' ISCA Con 2019'' in Memphis
* 2019 1. Place for ''Outstanding Body Situation'' at the '' ISCA Con 2019'' in Memphis
* 2019 1. Place euroCat for ''Best Traditional Caricature'' at the Eurocature 2019
* 2019 1. Place euroCat for ''Best Political Caricature'' at the Eurocature 2019
* 2018 Golden Nosey for ''Best Caricature Artist of the Year'' at the '' ISCA Con 2018'' in San Diego
* 2018 1. Place for ''Best Caricature of the Year'' at the '' ISCA Con 2018'' in San Diego
* 2018 1. Place for ''Outstanding Group Composition'' at the '' ISCA Con 2018'' in San Diego
* 2018 1. Place for ''Outstanding Body Situation'' at the '' ISCA Con 2018'' in San Diego
* 2018 3. Place for ''Black and White Technique'' at the '' ISCA Con 2018'' in San Diego
* 2018 1. Place for ''Rookie of the Year'' at the '' ISCA Con 2018'' in San Diego
* 2018 1. Place for ''Best Traditional Caricature'' at the Eurocature 2018
* 2018 1. Place for ''Best 'Theme' Work' '' at the ''Montmartre Minicon Eindhoven''
* 2018 1. Place for ''Best Likeness Caricature'' at the ''Montmartre Minicon Eindhoven''
* 2018 1. Place for ''Most Inspiring Work'' at the ''Montmartre Minicon Eindhoven''
* 2018 1. Place for ''Overall Best Work'' at the ''Montmartre Minicon Eindhoven''
* 2009 Hessischer Filmpreis for ''Spielzeugland Endstation''
* 2006 Prädikat „wertvoll“ for ''fly and fall''
* 2006 2. Price for ''fly and fall'' at the Visinale 06
* 2006 Audience award ''fly and fall'' at the Film Festival Oldenburg
* 2006 Best Short for ''fly and fall'' at the 7. Toti Film Festival Maribor
* 2005 Best first Movie for ''Happy End – Jede Geschichte braucht ein Ende'' at the internationalen Independent Film Festival Brüssel