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CONTACTS:

 

 

Name : Lorenzo

 

Last Name : Paoli

 

City : Prato (PO)

 

Nationality : Italian

 

E-mail: lorenzo78animation@gmail.com

 

Portfolio : www.lorenzopaoli.com

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CLIENTS:

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ATLANTIS ANIMATION-SONY ENETERTAINMENT-DISNEY+, BOULDER MEDIA-HASBRO, NETFLIX ANIMATION, UNIVERSAL PICTURE, WARNER BROS, LUCASFILM ANIMATION, DISNEY TOUCHSTONE POINTY HAT PRODUCTION, NEXUS, PASSION PICTURES,WALT DISNEY PUBLISHING, WALT DISNEY COMPANY ITALIA.

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SKILLS:

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-Production Designer

-Art Direction

-Visual Development

-Environment Concept Artist

-Color Script

-Color Keys

-Surfacing Callouts

-2D Backgrounds

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​JOB EXPERIENCES :

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Feb 2025 - Nov 2005 ATLANTIS ANIMATION BOUTIQUE -SONY ENTERTAINMENT FOR DISNEY+

​Full Time Sr. Color Script Artist and Background Color Designer for the Tv Series "Messi and the Giants".

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2021- 2024  BIDAYA MEDIA 

Freelance Art Director and Color Script Artist on the 2D Tv Serie: "The Adventures of Mansour: Age of AI" Season 1 and 2.

Art Director for : Ep Color scripts, Color Keys, Compositing launch , Compositing feedback notes, Color grading launch and feedback notes.

Directed by Manuel Almela 

Production Designer: Patrick Horan

Producer : Avi Katz 

​Freelance Artist Concept Artist and Color Stylist for Louvre Abu Dhabi Children's Museum.

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Jan. to End Feb 2022   NETFLIX  ANIMATION 

Freelance Color Script Artist,  Paintover Keys for lighting and Comp ,  for the Stop Motion Animated Feature " Wendell and Wild "

Directed by Henry Selick

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Jan. 2020  to  January 2021     BOULDER MEDIA - HASBRO - NETFLIX

Art Director on Animated Feature Film " My Little Pony -A New Generation " (Full Time in studio  and from remote).

Directed by Robert Cullen, Josè L. Ucha, Co Director: Mark Fattibene 

Production Designer : Pablo Mayer 

Producers: Cecil Kramer , Patrick Canning , Tony Mattews .

My job consisted in the creation of Concept Art, Color Script and Color Keys to create the final look of the Film with The Production Designer  and with the Directors. I led the Artistic Department and I gave feedbacks and notes to the Departments of : Art,  Modeling,  Lighting,  Matte Painting  and Surfacing.

 

 

 2021: FROG BOX- DISNEY

Concept Artist for a new  Disney's TV Series  "Kiya & the Kimoja Heros"

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2021: MILA 

Lead Color Stylist for Cinzia Angelini's  Animated Short Project "MILA"-Color Script​

 

2019: Midgar Editore (Publishing)

Co-Author with dr. Biagini Serena of the Fantasy Novel : "Il Mistero di Artesia-Il Risveglio dei Cavalieri dell' Arte"

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Jan 2016 to October 2019:  RED DRAGON MEDIA 

Production Designer for the upcoming Animated Feature Film  " Monkey King : A hero's Jorney to the West"

(Full Time beijing , and Freelance from Italy)

Directed by Phil Nibbelink 

CGI Sup. Igor Lodeiro

Producer Walter A. McDaniel 

 

2016 :  12 GUARDIANS LTD. 
Freelance  Vis .Development  for a Cgi feature animated film

(creation of  the Style Guide  and Production paintings to develop the Look of the film)

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2015: Art Director for the Development of a 2D Feature Animation Film

( creation of  the Style Guide  and Production paintings to develop the Look of the film) 

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2015: HAHN FILM

Color Stylist for the Tv series “Sherazade the Untold Story ”(vis development and color script)

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2015: HAHN FILM

Concept Artist for the Tv series 3d : “Mia and Me” 3rd season

(environment concept art and color script) FULL TIME

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2014: FREELANCER VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST

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2013: NEXUS ANIMATION

Matte painter for the  Grand National -commercial .

 

 

2013 :  MARZA ANIMATION PLANET 

Color Stylist and Senior Concept Artist for an upcoming cgi Feature Animation Film "RobotDog"

( environment  concept art and color script)

Producer: Chuck Williams ( Disney 's "Koda Brother Bear"-Lion King)

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February 2013: NEMO ACADEMY (Florence)

Teacher for an intensive Seminar of Art Direction in Animated Features.

 

2012-13: STUDIO 100 - FISH BLOWING BUBBLE

Color Stylist -Senior Concept Artist for the Feature Animation Film “Maya the bee movie”

 

2012: PASSION PICTURES 

Color Stylist for the Commercial TV spot of "Coca Cola"

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2012: DAVOLI MULTIMEDIA

Master as Line Producer and Project Manager

 

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2010- 2012 : LUCASFILM  , CA, U.S.A. (O1 VISA)

Senior Concept Artist and Color Stylist for the Feature Animation Film “Strange Magic”

( environment  concept art and color script) FULL TIME

Producer: George Lucas  and Sarah Mc Arthur 

 

 

2010 : HAHAN FILM 

-Visual Development Artist and Color Stylist for the 3d animated TV series " Mia and Me"

​- Supervisor BG Artist for the Tv series "School of Little Vampires" season 4.  

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2009-10 : STUDIO CAMPEDELLI- RAI FICTION 

Co-Author of Story and Production Designer  of a new tv series "Academy"

in activation with Rai Fiction

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2009: INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF COMICS ( Florence)

Teacher for an intensive Seminar of Art Direction in Animated Features.

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200910: STRANEMANI -RAINBOW

-BG Supervisor for the Tv series "Huntik 2" 

 

2008-09: DISNEY TOUCHSTONE - POINTY HAT PRODUCTION

Concept Artist and Color Stylist for the 3d Feature Animation Film: "Gnomeo and Juliet"

(Concept Art and Color script)

Directed by Kelly Asbury

Production Designer Karen DeJong  

Producer by Baker Bloodworth ,Igor Khait.

 

 

2008: CARTOONS ON THE BAY RAI FICTION 

Winner of Pitch-me Italia 2008 -3rd clasificated, as the new best idea of Tv series

animated project: "Giro Giro Tondo" 26x5'

(Co-Author of story and Production designer)

 

 

2005: CARTOONS ON THE BAY RAI FICTION - STUDIO CAMPEDELLI-CARTOBALENO

Winner of Pitch-me Italia 2005,1st classificated,  as the new best idea of Tv series

animated project: " The Tea Team". 52x13'

(Co-Author of story and Production designer)

 

 

2005-2008: UNIVERSAL PICTURES-DESPEREAUX PROD.

Color Stylist Artist- and Concept Env. Artist for the CGI Feature Animation Film " The Tale of Despereaux" 

Directed by Sam Fell  and Robert Stevenhagen 

Production Designer Evgeni Tomov

 Art Directors:  Colin Stipson ​

 

2004: DIGITRACE ANIMATION

Visual Dev Artist and Color Stylist.-

for the 3d Feature Animation Film " Leo Story" and the Feature Animation project "Fruit Planet"

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2004: LANTERNA MAGICA

Visual Development Artist for the 2d Feature Animation Film " Spartacus"

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2004: WARNER BROS- MOTIONWORKD

Key Bg artist for the 2d Feature Animation Film : " The little polar bear 2"

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2001-2003: MUNICH ANIMATION

Key BG artist for the 2d Feature Animation Film "Jester Till"

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2001: LANTERNA MAGICA

BG artist for the Feature Animation Film "Aida of the Trees"

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2000: WALT DISNEY COMPANY ITALIA

Visual Development for Merchandisng.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

-2000: Stage at The Walt Disney Publishing (Burbank, CA, U.S.A.)

 

-1999-2001: The Walt Disney Company Italy (Accademia Disney )

Courses of Color and Design .

 

-1998-1999: Minneapolis College of Art and Design.MACD (Minneapolis, U.S.A.)

Scholarship to attand  the courses of the  Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

 

-1992-1997: Institute of Art of Florence , (Italy)

Diploma in Painting.