
PRODUCTION DESIGNER- ART DIRECTOR- VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

Lorenzo Paoli
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My name is Lorenzo Paoli , I am an Italian Production Designer, Art Director and Visual Development Artist with 25 years of experience in Animated Features and Tv Series, based in Florence , Italy
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I started my education with the Institute of Art in Florence (Italy) and the courses of the Minneapoli College of Art and Design , Minesota , U.S.A., thanks to an exchange program. After I attended the courses of Illustration the Disney Academy (The Walt Disney Company Italia).
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I worked as:
Visual Development Artist for Studios such as : Atlantis Animation-Sony Entertainment-Disney+ "Messi and the Giants", Netflix Animation "Wendell and Wild " , Pointy Hat Production-Disney Touchstone "Gnomeo and Juliet" , Studio 100-Fish Blowing Bubble "Maya the bee Movie", Universal Pictures and Despereaux Prodution " The tale of Despereaux", Lucasfilm - "Strange Magic" , Atlantis Animation -Sony Entertainment for Disney + "Messi and the Giants", Marza Animation Planet "RoboDog", Hahn Film "Mia and Me " and "School of Little Vampire", Motionworks-Warner Family Entertainment "Little Polar Bear 2", Munich Animation"Jester Till" and others...
Production Designer for Red Dragon Media in Beijing on the Animated Feature "Monkey King, a Journey to the west "
Art Director for Boulder Media (Hasbro)-Netflix on the Animated Feature Film: "My Little Pony -A New Generation" and for Bidaya Media for the animated TV series season 1 and 2 of " the adventures of Mansour age of A.I. "
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I also held Seminars and Masterclasses at the following Animation Schools:
Nemo Academy, Comics School of Florence and the Sign
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Artistic Skills:
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-Creation of the Mood Board and Style Guide
-Art Direction
-Color Script
-Visual Development
-Environment Concept Art
-Characters Concept
-Color Keys
-IP Development for Animated Feature and Tv series-
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