PRODUCTION DESIGNER- ART DIRECTOR- VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
LORENZO PAOLI
RESUME
CONTACTS
Name : Lorenzo
Last Name : Paoli
City : Prato (PO)
Nationality : Italian
E-mail: lorenzo78animation@gmail.com
Portfolio : https://www.lorenzopaoli.com/
SKILLS
Production Designer
Art Direction
Visual Development
Environment Concept Artist
Mood Board
Color Script
Lighting Keys
Surfacing Callouts
2D Backgrounds
Leadership
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian : Mother Language
English: Good Level
JOB EXPERIENCES
Feb 2025 - Nov 2005
ATLANTIS ANIMATION BOUTIQUE - SONY PICTURES - DISNEY+
Full-Time Empoyee Color Script Artist - Background Color Designer
for the Tv Series
"Messi and the Giants"
Directed by Dan Creteur
2021- 2024
BIDAYA MEDIA -BBC
Freelancer Art Director
for the Tv Series
"The Adventures of Mansour: Age of AI"
Season 1 and 2.
Directed by Manuel Almela
Color Stylist
Louvre Abu Dhabi Children's Museum.
2022
Freelancer Color Script Artist
for the Animated Feature Film
" Wendell and Wild "
Directed by Henry Selick
Jan. 2020 to January 2021
Full-Time Empoyee Art Director
for the Animated Feature Film
"My Little Pony -A New Generation "
Directed by: Robert Cullen, Josè L. Ucha, Co Director: Mark Fattibene
2021
FROG BOX- DISNEY
Freelancer Concept Artist
for the Tv Series
Freelancer Lead Color Stylist
for the Animated Short Film
"Mila"
directed by Cinzia Angelini
Jan 2016 to October 2019
RED DRAGON MEDIA
Freelancer Production Designer
for the Animated Feature Film
" Monkey King : A hero's Jorney to the West"
Producer :
2016
12 GUARDIANS LTD.
Freelancer Visual Development Artist
for the Animated Feature Film
"Shudan"
2015
Freelancer Visual Development Artist
for the Tv series
“Sherazade the Untold Story ”
Freelancer Visual Development Artist
for the Tv series
“Mia and Me” 3rd season
2013
NEXUS ANIMATION
Freelancer Matte Painter
Tv Commercial
"The Grand National"
Freelancer Color Stylist -Senior Concept Artist
for Animated Feature Film
"RobotDog"
Produced by Paul Wang
Chuck Williams ( Disney 's "Koda Brother Bear"-Lion King)
Directed by Henry F. Anderson III.
NEMO ACADEMY
Teacher
Seminar
The Art Direction in Animated Feature Films
2012-13
FISH BLOWING BUBBLE for STUDIO 100
Freelancer Visual Development Artist
for the Feature Animation Film
directed by Alexs Stadermann.
2012:
PASSION PICTURES
Freelancer Color Stylist
Tv Commercial
"Coca Cola"
2010- 2012
LUCASFILM , CA (O1 VISA)
Full-Time Empoyee Senior Concept Artist and Color Stylist
for the Animated Feature Film
“Strange Magic”
Directed by Gary Rydstrom
2010
WALT DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE
Freelancer Color key Artist
for Disney Publishing
"Toy Story 3"
2010
HAHAN FILM
Freelancer Visual Development Artist and Color Stylist
for the TV Series
" Mia and Me"
Supervisor BG Artist
for the Tv series
"School of Little Vampires" season 4
2009-2010
STUDIO CAMPEDELLI
Co-Author of Story and Production Designer
of a new tv series
"Academy"
2009
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF COMICS
Teacher
for an Seminar of
The Art Direction in Animated Features Films
200910
STRANEMANI - RAINBOW SPA
Freelancer BG Supervisor
for the Tv series
"Huntik 2"
2008-09
DISNEY TOUCHSTONE - POINTY HAT PRODUCTION
Full-Time Empoyee Concept Artist and Color Stylist
for Animated Feature Film
Directed by Kelly Asbury
2008
CARTOONS ON THE BAY RAI FICTION
Winner of Pitch-me Italia 3rd Clasificated
as the new best idea of Tv Series 26x5'
"Giro Giro Tondo"
Co-Author of story - Production designer
2005
CARTOONS ON THE BAY RAI FICTION - STUDIO CAMPEDELLI-CARTOBALENO
Winner of Pitch-me Italia 1st Classificated
as the new best idea of Tv series 52x13'
" Big Mama" then "The Tea Team".
Co-Author of story - Production designer
2005-2008
UNIVERSAL PICTURES-DESPEREAUX PROD.
Full-Time Empoyee Color Stylist Artist - Concept Artist
for the Animated Feature Film
Directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen
2004
Freelancer Visual Development Artist
for the 2d Feature Animation Film
" Spartacus"
WARNER BROS- MOTIONWORKS
Full-Time Employee Key Bg Artist
for the 2d Animated Feature Film
Directed by Piet De Rycker and Thilo Graf Rothkirch
2001-2003
Full-Time Empoyee Key BG Artist
for the Animated Feature Film
Directed by Eberhard Junkersdorf
2001
Freelancer BG Artist
for the Animated Feature Film
Directed by Guido Manuli
2000
GREEN MOVIE GROUP
Freelancer BG Artist
for the Animated Feature Film
"Joahan Padan"
Directed by Giulio Cingoli
Screenplay by Dario Fo
EDUCATION
2000
ACCADEMIA DISNEY- DISNEY ITALY
Stage at the Wal Disney Publishing, Burbank ,CA.
1999-2001
Courses of Color and Design
1998-1999
MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Minneapolis, U.S.A.
Courses of : Painting, illustration, Computer and Design and Comics
1992-1997
INSTITUTE OF ART OF FLORENCE
Diploma in Communication and Entertainment