Paul Topolos
Keynote Speaker: Illustrator & Concept Designer at Pixar Animation Studios
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Paul Topolos Biography
Paul Topolos grew up in Northern California and studied fine art in the US and UK. His lifelong interest in movies led him into the entertainment industry where he began work as a storyboard artist for the video game division of his childhood hero, George Lucas.
After learning many skills and working on several well received projects he went on to Lucasfilm where he briefly storyboarded on Star Wars Episode I and later was a pre-visualization matte painter on Star Wars Episode II.
In 2002, Topolos came to Pixar Animation Studios. He has worked on almost every Pixar films such as The Incredibles, Cars, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Wall-E and more, doing landscapes, concept paintings, colour studies, photographic paintings, storyboards and model paintings. His recent works include additional production art work for Toy Story 3.
He has also spoken and taught around the world and is currently using his time outside of work to complete his first children's book.
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Paul Topolos has been an artist at Pixar Animation Studios for thirteen years and has worked on every feature film since Finding Nemo, including the latest, Inside Out. Before that he worked at Lucasfilm on Star Wars Episode I and Episode II plus many critically acclaimed video games at LucasArts Entertainment. He will give a talk on the creative process in motion pictures and video games using his experiences from the past two decades. He will show through images and first hand accounts how the artwork for movies and games are based in the classic arts and the oldest traditions of storytelling. The talk will be both historical and autobiographical. Paul's childhood in the early 70's and his interest in the space program and movies led to a love of Star Trek and Star Wars. His father buying an Apple II computer at the age of twelve got him interested in painting digitally and after a traditional art education, these skills and experiences led him to work for his childhood heroes, George Lucas and later Steve Jobs.
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Paul Topolos is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Art, Creativity, Storytelling, Design, Innovation and Television & Film.
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Paul Topolos generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
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Paul Topolos is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Art, Creativity and Storytelling. The estimated speaking fee range to book Paul Topolos for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Paul Topolos generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Matthew Luhn, Duncan Wardle and Cesar Kuriyama. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Paul Topolos for an upcoming event.
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A Film Artist’s Journey Through Innovation
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Storytelling Through Visuals
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Paul Topolos has been an artist at Pixar Animation Studios for thirteen years and has worked on every feature film since Finding Nemo, including the latest, Inside Out. Before that he worked at Lucasfilm on Star Wars Episode I and Episode II plus many critically acclaimed video games at LucasArts Entertainment. He will give a talk on the creative process in motion pictures and video games using his experiences from the past two decades. He will show through images and first hand accounts how the artwork for movies and games are based in the classic arts and the oldest traditions of storytelling. The talk will be both historical and autobiographical. Paul's childhood in the early 70's and his interest in the space program and movies led to a love of Star Trek and Star Wars. His father buying an Apple II computer at the age of twelve got him interested in painting digitally and after a traditional art education, these skills and experiences led him to work for his childhood heroes, George Lucas and later Steve Jobs.
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The Art of Education - Feb 06 2019
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Paul Topolos is a captivating speaker. At all times I have found Paul Topolos is a very passionate person in every aspect of education and industry. He always works with great integrity and professionalism. He showed a remarkable patience during the Masterclass conducted. I would certainly have no hesitation in recommending Paul Topolos as a dedicated professional.
The One Academy of Communication Design - May 20 2015 -
I knew Paul through an event in Shanghai when Paul was invited to do a lecture on Pixar animation, which he talked about graphic design and artistic input in an animation work. We got to know more about him which eventually triggered me to do an animation workshop in . Paul taught for two days (4 sessions) in that workshop. He prepared fully with graphics, film clips and was very popular with the students there. I personally gained knowledge from his lessons and appreciated his generous sharing of working experiences."
Nanchang University - Apr 30 2015 -
I have had the great pleasure of working closely with Paul Topolos as a speaker representing Pixar artists and their art process. Paul is well organized, charming and a terrific storyteller. He puts together engaging presentations that are full of valuable content. He always has the audience deeply interested and very entertained. He uses beautiful images and film clips to illustrate the story he is telling.
Pixar - Apr 30 2015
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2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE "DOING, DESIGNING, CONNECTING & THINKING, 2"
Featured Presenter: Storytelling Through Visuals with Paul Topolos
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Paul Topolos from Pixar
Paul Topolos has had a varied and fascinating career in film, and started his artistic life studying fine arts at Leeds in the UK. He returned to the USA and worked as a storyboard artist and designer on several Star Wars movies, before moving on to Pixar.
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