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Paul Topolos

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  • Art Department
  • Animation Department
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Paul Topolos is known for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), Lightyear (2022) and Titan A.E. (2000).
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    Known for

    Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Hayden Christensen, Temuera Morrison, Bodie Taylor, and Richard Stride in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    6.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 2002
    Chris Evans in Lightyear (2022)
    Lightyear
    6.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2022
    Drew Barrymore and Matt Damon in Titan A.E. (2000)
    Titan A.E.
    6.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 2000
    WALL·E (2008)
    WALL·E
    8.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2008

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    Visual Effects

    • Chris Evans in Lightyear (2022)
      Lightyear
      6.1
      • matte painter
      • 2022
    • Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey in Soul (2020)
      Soul
      8.0
      • set extension artist
      • 2020
    • Tony Shalhoub, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Cai Puri-Evans, Heledd Jarman, Cristela Alonzo, and Siân Eirian in Cars 3 (2017)
      Cars 3
      6.7
      • matte painter
      • 2017
    • Steve Purcell in Borrowed Time (2015)
      Borrowed Time
      7.5
      Short
      • matte painter
      • 2015
    • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
      Toy Story 3
      8.3
      • matte painter
      • 2010
    • Dug's Special Mission (2009)
      Dug's Special Mission
      7.0
      Video
      • matte painter
      • 2009
    • Edward Asner, Bob Peterson, and Jordan Nagai in Up (2009)
      Up
      8.3
      • matte painter
      • 2009
    • Burn-E (2008)
      Burn-E
      7.5
      Video
      • matte paint
      • 2008
    • WALL·E (2008)
      WALL·E
      8.4
      • matte painter
      • 2008
    • Your Friend the Rat (2007)
      Your Friend the Rat
      7.0
      Video
      • matte painter
      • 2007
    • Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole, Brian Dennehy, John Ratzenberger, James Remar, Will Arnett, Brad Garrett, Kathy Griffin, Brad Bird, Lindsey Collins, Walt Dohrn, Tony Fucile, Michael Giacchino, Bradford Lewis, Danny Mann, Teddy Newton, Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter Sohn, Jake Steinfeld, Stéphane Roux, Lori Richardson, Thomas Keller, Julius Callahan, Marco Boerries, Andrea Boerries, and Jack Bird in Ratatouille (2007)
      Ratatouille
      8.1
      • matte painter
      • 2007
    • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
      Mater and the Ghostlight
      6.5
      Video
      • digital painter
      • 2006
    • Lifted (2006)
      Lifted
      7.7
      Short
      • matte painter
      • 2006
    • Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Stanton, Mario Andretti, Jay Leno, Randy Newman, Owen Wilson, George Carlin, Lindsey Collins, Bob Costas, Paul Dooley, Richard Kind, Jenifer Lewis, Edie McClurg, Adrian Ochoa, Richard Petty, Guido Quaroni, Joe Ranft, Jonas Rivera, Lou Romano, Michael Wallis, Humpy Wheeler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, E.J. Holowicki, Michael Schumacher, Mike Nelson, Lynda Petty, Elissa Knight, Larry Benton, Douglas Keever, and Sarah Clark in Cars (2006)
      Cars
      7.3
      • matte painter
      • 2006
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Sarah Vowell, and Spencer Fox in The Incredibles (2004)
      The Incredibles
      8.0
      • matte painter
      • 2004

    Art Department

    • Chris Evans in Lightyear (2022)
      Lightyear
      6.1
      • shading designer
      • 2022
    • SparkShorts (2018)
      SparkShorts
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • art department
      • art
      • 2019
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
      Incredibles 2
      7.5
      • art department (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Raymond Ochoa and Jack Bright in The Good Dinosaur (2015)
      The Good Dinosaur
      6.7
      • art department
      • 2015
    • Steve Buscemi, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Bonnie Hunt, John Ratzenberger, Dave Foley, Kathy Griffin, Sean Hayes, Jason Marsden, Lori Alan, Carlos Alazraqui, Jack Angel, Bob Bergen, Gregg Berger, Rodger Bumpass, Tara Strong, Dane Cook, John Cygan, Charlie Day, Walt Dohrn, Paul Eiding, Jessica Evans, Bill Farmer, Dannah Feinglass Phirman, Nathan Fillion, Donald Fullilove, Teresa Ganzel, Daniel Gerson, Jan Rabson, Bill Hader, Jess Harnell, John Kassir, Tyler Labine, Dawnn Lewis, Sherry Lynn, Danny Mann, Mona Marshall, Mickie McGowan, Alec Medlock, Joel Murray, Laraine Newman, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Bret 'Brook' Parker, Donovan Patton, Bob Peterson, Jeff Pidgeon, Dan Scanlon, Peter Sohn, Mindy Sterling, Julia Sweeney, Marcia Wallace, Jim Ward, April Winchell, John Krasinski, Sean Conroy, Bobby Moynihan, Joel Spence, Patrick Seitz, Makenna Cowgill, Greg Dykstra, Keith Ferguson, Colette Whitaker, Cristina Pucelli, Brandon Johnson, Allan McLeod, Neil Campbell, Aubrey Plaza, Matthew Mercer, Andy Fischer-Price, Elissa Knight, Raymond Ochoa, Tyler Ganus, David Neher, Gage Davenport, Isabella Acres, Noah Johnston, Patrick Carlyle, Montse Hernandez, Mason Cook, Lindsay Lefler, Beth Behrs, Davin Ransom, Dave Theune, Tyree Brown, Jack Bright, Ava Acres, Madison Rothschild, Tricia McAlpin, Nikolas Michailidis, Betsy Sodaro, Gia Michailidis, Mike Hanford, Pam Murphy, Casey Barden, Natalie Jane Dang, Ethan Louis Samuels DiSalvio, Brooke Klinger, Alexis Poindexter, Ileanna Bravos, Clayton Drier, Faith Goblirsch, Calum John, Marley Pearson, and Kristen Phaneuf in Monsters University (2013)
      Monsters University
      7.2
      • matte painter (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Michael Caine, Vanessa Redgrave, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Joe Mantegna, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Kathy Griffin, Jason Isaacs, John Lasseter, Owen Wilson, Bruce Campbell, Paul Dooley, Teresa Gallagher, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Gordon, David Hobbs, Eddie Izzard, Peter Jacobson, Richard Kind, Thomas Kretschmann, Bradford Lewis, Jenifer Lewis, Edie McClurg, Emily Mortimer, Brent Musburger, Franco Nero, Guido Quaroni, Sonoko Konishi, Velibor Topic, Stanley Townsend, Michael Wallis, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi, Lloyd Sherr, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, Patrick Walker, Jess Fulton, Lewis Hamilton, Sig Hansen, John Mainieri, Michel Michelis, Gillian Bolt, Kristen Phaneuf, and Catie Bolt in Cars 2 (2011)
      Cars 2
      6.2
      • matte painter
      • 2011
    • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
      Toy Story 3
      8.3
      • matte painter
      • 2010
    • Tony Fucile in Partly Cloudy (2009)
      Partly Cloudy
      8.1
      Short
      • art department
      • 2009
    • Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader (2001)
      Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader
      8.0
      Video Game
      • lead artist
      • 2001
    • Star Wars: Episode I - Racer (1999)
      Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
      7.5
      Video Game
      • storyboard artist
      • 1999
    • Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
      Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
      6.5
      • storyboard artist (uncredited)
      • 1999
    • Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi (1997)
      Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi
      5.8
      Video Game
      • storyboard artist
      • 1997
    • Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - the Hidden Empire (1995)
      Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - the Hidden Empire
      7.2
      Video Game
      • storyboard artist
      • 1995

    Animation Department

    • SparkShorts (2018)
      SparkShorts
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • background artist
      • additional art
      • 2020–2021
    • Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)
      Inside Out
      8.1
      • matte painter
      • 2015
    • Toy Story of Terror (2013)
      Toy Story of Terror
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • matte painter
      • 2013
    • Steve Buscemi, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Bonnie Hunt, John Ratzenberger, Dave Foley, Kathy Griffin, Sean Hayes, Jason Marsden, Lori Alan, Carlos Alazraqui, Jack Angel, Bob Bergen, Gregg Berger, Rodger Bumpass, Tara Strong, Dane Cook, John Cygan, Charlie Day, Walt Dohrn, Paul Eiding, Jessica Evans, Bill Farmer, Dannah Feinglass Phirman, Nathan Fillion, Donald Fullilove, Teresa Ganzel, Daniel Gerson, Jan Rabson, Bill Hader, Jess Harnell, John Kassir, Tyler Labine, Dawnn Lewis, Sherry Lynn, Danny Mann, Mona Marshall, Mickie McGowan, Alec Medlock, Joel Murray, Laraine Newman, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Bret 'Brook' Parker, Donovan Patton, Bob Peterson, Jeff Pidgeon, Dan Scanlon, Peter Sohn, Mindy Sterling, Julia Sweeney, Marcia Wallace, Jim Ward, April Winchell, John Krasinski, Sean Conroy, Bobby Moynihan, Joel Spence, Patrick Seitz, Makenna Cowgill, Greg Dykstra, Keith Ferguson, Colette Whitaker, Cristina Pucelli, Brandon Johnson, Allan McLeod, Neil Campbell, Aubrey Plaza, Matthew Mercer, Andy Fischer-Price, Elissa Knight, Raymond Ochoa, Tyler Ganus, David Neher, Gage Davenport, Isabella Acres, Noah Johnston, Patrick Carlyle, Montse Hernandez, Mason Cook, Lindsay Lefler, Beth Behrs, Davin Ransom, Dave Theune, Tyree Brown, Jack Bright, Ava Acres, Madison Rothschild, Tricia McAlpin, Nikolas Michailidis, Betsy Sodaro, Gia Michailidis, Mike Hanford, Pam Murphy, Casey Barden, Natalie Jane Dang, Ethan Louis Samuels DiSalvio, Brooke Klinger, Alexis Poindexter, Ileanna Bravos, Clayton Drier, Faith Goblirsch, Calum John, Marley Pearson, and Kristen Phaneuf in Monsters University (2013)
      Monsters University
      7.2
      • matte painter
      • 2013
    • The Dig (1995)
      The Dig
      8.5
      Video Game
      • additional animator
      • 1995
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