Daniel Barrett (visual effects supervisor)

{{Short description|American visual effects supervisor}}

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| occupation = Animation supervisor

| yearsactive = 2005–present

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Daniel Barrett is an animation supervisor.

On January 24, 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|title=84th Academy Awards|access-date=July 17, 2015}}

Barrett received his second Oscar nomination for the sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes at the 87th Academy Awards,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|title=87th Academy Awards|access-date=January 15, 2015}} and his third for War for the Planet of the Apes at the 90th Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018|title=90th Academy Awards|access-date=February 5, 2018}}

On March 12, 2023, Barrett won his first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Avatar: The Way of Water.{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=2023-03-13 |title='Avatar: The Way of Water' Delivers Fifth VFX Oscar to Weta's Joe Letteri |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avatar-the-way-of-water-vfx-oscar-2023-1235343383/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

Barrett is an Aries.