---
name: "Daniel Rice"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-rice"
fi1m_id: "daniel-rice"
imdb_id: "nm13117196"
tmdb_id: 4323685
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T03:10:42.920822+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daniel Rice

## Identity

Daniel Rice

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-rice
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-rice
- **IMDb ID:** nm13117196
- **TMDB ID:** 4323685
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13117196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4323685

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Byron Howard](https://film.one/person/byron-howard.md), [Jared Bush](https://film.one/person/jared-bush.md), [Yvett Merino](https://film.one/person/yvett-merino.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13117196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4323685

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Encanto*](https://film.one/film/encanto.md) (80), [*Zootopia 2*](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Daniel Rice is a cinematographer specialising in lighting at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has worked on several animated features, progressing from lighting supervisor roles on earlier projects to director of cinematography: lighting credits.

His cinematography credits include *Encanto* (2021), *Once Upon a Studio* (2023) and *Zootopia 2* (2025). He previously contributed to visual effects and lighting on films such as *Moana* (2016), *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021) and *Big Hero 6* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Fi1m 70, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Encanto* (2021), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Encanto* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/daniel-rice