Daniel Kramer

Daniel Kramer

Head of CG, Visual Effects Supervisor

Daniel Kramer is the head of CG and visual effects supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He has over two decades of experience working on live-action and animated projects. 

Kramer has served as head of CG on multiple features, including: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES, VIVO, OVER THE MOON, THE SEA BEAST, the Academy Award®-winning SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS VOLUME 3, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, JUMAJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, and SMALLFOOT.

He joined Sony Pictures Imageworks in 2000, as a lead FX animator on SPIDER-MAN and continued to advance, ultimately serving as visual effects supervisor on feature projects including: MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL, EDGE OF TOMORROW, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, GHOSTBUSTERS, and PIXELS. Kramer began his career at VisionArt where he was a lead artist on projects including: STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, INDEPENDENCE DAY, and GODZILLA.

Kramer’s additional Imageworks credits also include: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, WATCHMEN, helping to realize the fully digital Dr. Manhattan, and the Academy Award®-nominated SURF’S UP, where he led the development of the wave and water systems.

Kramer graduated from University of California Berkeley with a degree in Political Science.