Born in Rome in 1954, Daniele lives in Switzerland and often works in Latin America, where he has made a number of documentary films. After studying in Moscow, then engineering in Buenos Aires, he became a professor of mathematics and physics. He simultaneously published his photographic work in various Argentinian magazines and editions, and carried out photographic reports in various African countries. In 1984-85 he trained in documentary filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan in Paris, before creating the production company ==Voleur== in Paris. In 1993 he became head of various documentary film workshops, including one at the Fémis, and in 2000 a member and trainer at the Ateliers Varan. He was co-director with Catalina Villar of the Atelier Varan in Colombia and director of the Ateliers Varan in Portugal in 2004 and 2006. He supervised the Marseille workshop in 2004, a number of workshops in Paris, and the workshop in Recife, Brazil in 2016.