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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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SUMMARY :

 

-More than 20 years of experience in  Animated Feature Projects

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SKILLS:

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-Production Designer

-Art Direction

-Visual Development

-Conceptual Art Paintings

-Color Beat Board

-Color Script

-Color Keys

-Tecnichal Asset Design

-Surfacing Callouts

-2D Backgrounds

-Creation of I.P. for Animated Feature and Tv series

-Author of Fantasy Novel.

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​JOB EXPERIENCES :

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2021-to Presente : 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 keys mood, Compositing feedbacks, Color grading feedbacks and launch ref.

Directed by Manuel Almela (animator for : Road to Edorado, The Croods, ), Production Designer Patrick Horan, Producer Avi Katz (cgi Sup Gnomeo and Juliet)

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Jan. to End Feb 2022   "Wendell and Wild" -Netflix 

Freelance Color Script Artist,  Paintover Keys for lighting and Comp ,  for the Stop Motion Animated Feature " Wendell and Wild " Directed by Henry Selick ("The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Coraline", "James and the Giant Peach" ) , Production Designer Robin Joseph, FX Supervisor Mark Fattibene.( cgi sup. Kong fu Panda) 

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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 (cgi Super welndell and wild and Kong fu Panda). Producers: Cecil Kramer (Wallace and Gromit , Astro Boy) and Patrick Canning( Shark Tale, Flushed Away ), Tony Mattews ( Disney'Hercules, Pocahontas, Lion King and more..)

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

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 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 - Black Dragon Entertainment  Beijing-China-

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 the Disney Veteran Phil Nibbelink ( Animator for Who Framed Roger, Fievel Goes West , The Fox and the Hound and more.. ) and Igor Lodeiro as cgi Sup. (Kong fu Panda, Dragon trainer and more..) Producer Walter A. McDaniel (Marvel and DC comics artist :Deadpool, Wolverine, Deathlok, Spider-Man, and Batman.)

 

2016 :  12 Guardians Ltd. (Los Angeles-London.Hong Kong)
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, Berlin 

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

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2015: Hahn Film, Berlin.

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:freelance Concept Artist for Animated Feature films

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2013: Nexus Studios- London

Matte painter for the  Grand National -commercial .

 

 

2013 : Marza Animation Planet, CA, U.S.A.

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)

 

 

2012-13: Fish Blowing Bubble, Munich- Studio 100.

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

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2012: Davoli Multimedia

Master as Line Producer and Project Manager

 

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2010- 2012 : Disney-Lucasfilm Animation , B.R.R. Nicasio, 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,  Sarah Mc Arthur ( Disney's  Beauty and the Beast 1991-Toy Story 2 ) 

 

 

2010 : Hahn Film, Germany, Berlin.

-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.

 

 

2009-10 : Lorenzo Paoli - and Studio Campedelli and Rai Fiction

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

in activation with Rai Fiction

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2009-10: Stranemani

-BG Supervisor for the Tv series "Huntik 2 by Rainbow spa "

 

2008-09: The Walt Disney Company, Pointy Hat Prod. , Uk -London

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

(Concept Art and Color script) Directed by Kelly Asbury (Vid dev and story artist for :Little Mermaid, beuty and the beast, shrek, prince of egypt) , Production Designer Karen DeJong (disney's  Chicken Little, Ron's gone wrong )  , Producer Baker Bloodworth ( Disney 's Pocahontas, Beauty and the beast, Aladdin, Dinosauri )

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Igor Khait.

 

 

2008: Cartoons on the Bay -Rai Fiction. Pitch-me Italia

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-with Studio Campedelli and Cartobaleno- Pitch-me Italia

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 Production, London UK.

Production Color Stylist- Color Script-Color keys- and Senior concept Artist.

on the3d Feature Animation Film " The Tale of Despereaux"

Directed by Sam Fell (Para Norman, Chicken Run), and Robert Stevenhagen ( Balto, the Road to Eldorado, Tom e Jerry the film) production Designer Evgeni Tomov, Art Director Olivier Adam (Disney Hunchback Notre Dame,  Despicable Me 2 and 3), Colin Stypson( Hercules, Emperor new grove, Lorax, Grinch) ​

 

2004: Digitrace Animation, Roma, Italy

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, Torino, Italy

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

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2004: Cartoonfilm -MotionWorks - Warner Bros., Germany

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

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2001-2003: Munich Animation, Germany , Munich.

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 " Aidadegli Alberi"

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2000:Walt Disney Company Italy

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: Intitute of Art of Florence , (Italy)

Diploma in Painting.