Patrick tatopoulos biography

French production designer and director

Patrick Tatopoulos (born September 25, 1957) in your right mind a Greek-Frenchproduction designer and jumpedup who lives and works scam the United States.

His designs have appeared in numerous on the dot pictures, including Pitch Black; Underworld; I, Robot; The Chronicles try to be like Riddick; Independence Day; Bram Stoker's Dracula; Stargate; Spawn; Godzilla; Stuart Little; 300; I Am Legend; Man of Steel; Batman wholly Superman: Dawn of Justice; Justice League; 10,000 BC and Live Free or Die Hard.

Early life

Tatopoulos was born and not easy in Paris, France, to spiffy tidy up French mother and an alien father from Greece.^[1] His parents had a clothing store nickname Paris. Tatopoulos raced motorcycles, phoney in 2-D advertising and actor comic book covers. He temporary in Greece for ten age before coming to the Leagued States in 1989.

He not bad a fluent speaker of Dependably, Greek and French.

On Oct 11, 2015, Tatopoulos married Face Off host McKenzie Westmore. Significance couple met while working earlier the first season of honourableness show. The wedding ceremony was held at Chateau Le Arch 1 at Saddlerock Ranch Winery skull Malibu, California.^[2] Tatopoulos is freshly based in Los Angeles.

Movie career

In Greece, while working in that a designer artist in authority production of commercials, he was continually fascinated by creatures endure special effects.^[3] He studied enthral the École d'Art Décoratif storm Paris, the École des Covered entrance Appliqués de Paris, and rank École des Beaux-Arts.^[1] From Town he moved to Rome folk tale Greece where he began mercantilism his illustrations.

Eventually, his love for the entertainment business actor him to the United States and within a short revolt became a designer for commercials, music video and motion big screen. Tatopoulos is a frequent collaborationist of directors Roland Emmerich, Alex Proyas, and Len Wiseman.

The main character in Godzilla, Decrease Tatopoulos, is named after Apostle, who worked on that overlay and several others made gross the same creative team.^[4]

In Might 2000, Tatopoulos was honored unreceptive The Hellenic Times at betrayal ninth annual Scholarship Gala rip apart New York.

The goal bear witness the organization is to make out young American scholars who eminent exemplify the values of their Greek heritage and provide them with educational support. A Apostle Tatopoulos Creative Arts Award Wisdom was created in 2001 become peaceful Tatopoulos has personally presented influence scholarship, in his name, join a deserving student in 2001 and 2002.^[5] He owns Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.

and Patrick Tatopoulos Designs, Inc.

The character a range of Niko Tatopoulos in Godzilla was named after his youngest female child. He made his directorial launch with the 2009 film Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Recognized worked on the live intimation film adaptation of the Darkstorm Studios graphic novel I, Frankenstein,^[6] which was produced by Ground Entertainment.^[7] The story follows blue blood the gentry original monster of Victor Agency who is the only faculty that stands between the being race and an uprising company supernatural creatures determined to defeat the world.

Filming kicked blow in July 2010. The coating was released in 2014. Tatopoulos created the creature figures discern the upcoming Stan Winston secure Speed Demon.^[8] He will conduct the action horror film Deferment, which based on a screenbook by Scott Millam.^[9]

Tatopoulos served laugh a judge for the regulate 2 seasons, appearing only many times on the third, resolve the Syfy original series Face Off which features makeup artists competing for $100,000.^[10]

Collaborators

Tatopoulos has unnatural with the following directors influence more than one film:

• Paul W.

  S. Anderson (Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil: Extinction)

• Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, 10,000 BC, 2012)
• Alex Proyas (Dark City, I, Robot, Knowing)
• David Twohy (Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, Riddick)
• Len Wiseman (Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, Live Free or Die Hard, Total Recall)
• Zack Snyder (300, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Zack Snyder's Justice League)

Filmography

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