---
name: "Danielle Feinberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danielle-feinberg"
fi1m_id: "danielle-feinberg"
imdb_id: "nm0270665"
tmdb_id: 1830790
wikidata_id: "Q28366283"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T21:49:42.053958+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."
---

# Danielle Feinberg

## Identity

Danielle Feinberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danielle-feinberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danielle-feinberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0270665
- **TMDB ID:** 1830790
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28366283
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Feinberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28366283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1830790

Cinematographer. Born in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adrian Molina](https://film.one/person/adrian-molina.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 92 (1), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Family 4, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,029m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Feinberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28366283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1830790

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*WALL·E*](https://film.one/film/walle.md) (92), [*Coco*](https://film.one/film/coco.md) (84), [*Brave*](https://film.one/film/brave.md) (73), [*Elio*](https://film.one/film/elio.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Danielle Feinberg is an American cinematographer and visual effects supervisor. She is Director of Photography for Lighting at Pixar Animation Studios, where she has worked since 1997.

She graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in computer science in 1996. Feinberg began at Pixar as a render technical director on *A Bug's Life* (1998) and progressed through lighting roles on films including *Toy Story 2* (1999), *Monsters, Inc.* (2001) and *Finding Nemo* (2003). She served as director of photography for lighting on *WALL·E* (2008), *Brave* (2012) and *Coco* (2017), and as visual effects supervisor on *Turning Red* (2022). She was also director of photography on *Loop* (2020) and *Elio* (2025).

In 2024 she was elected to a six-year term on the Harvard Board of Overseers.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Coco* (2017), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Fi1m 73, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *WALL·E* (2008), Fi1m 92, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Elio* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Pete* (2022), Cinematography
- *Turning Red* (2022), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Loop* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Coco* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *Inside Out* (2015), Master Lighting Artist — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *WALL·E* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Master Lighting Artist — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Exploring the Reef* (2003), Technical Supervisor
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), CG Supervisor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Master Lighting Artist — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), as Lighting Technician — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.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/danielle-feinberg