- A native of Queens, New York, film production and especially stop motion animation has always held a special interest for him. While still attending 'School of Visual Arts' in Manhattan, he landed his first professional assignment as the Assistant Animator on the feature film, Simon (1980). He animated one comical scene of several sperm puppets that had 'Alan Arkin's' face on them (a gag that was subsequently used by the animated series, "The Simpsons" (1989)). 'Carl Paolino Studios' was formed a few years later and specialized in producing animation puppets, animatronics, mechanical props, costumes and special effects make ups. For the last few decades CPS produced their specialties for hundreds of television commercials, music videos, photo shoots and Broadway shows. With a strong and diverse career in the special effects industry behind him, he began to focus his energy on writing and directing. In association with 'Bob Underwood' , he Co-Created and Produced the first stop-motion sketch-comedy feature film titled, "Celebrity Face Off" (2004), and directed the animation shot in New York City. For this his studio created hundreds of stop-motion animation puppets and dozens of fully detailed sets. It was also a great thrill for him to work with Mark Hamill, whose voice acting talents increased the scope of the project. In 2008 he produced, wrote and directed his first live action feature film titled, "The Sickness", and he is currently directing "The Halloween Pranksta" (2013), again uniting him with Mark Hamill as a voice talent and co-producer.In February 2013, Carl Paolino completed his first novel. It is a work of fiction intended for a young adult audience. It is titled, "Penny Dreadful and the Poisonberry Fortune".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Carl is a huge Spiderman fan and collector of Spiderman toys.
- In 2003 he met one of his idols, Stan Lee, the creator of Spiderman. He showed Stan a stop motion animated spoof of Spiderman that he was producing for his animated feature film, "Celebrity Face Off", where the character of Spiderman had the alter ego of Woody Allen. Stan was amazed.
- Insists on shooting with more than one camera at all times.
- Carl Paolino Studios created over 600 stop motion puppets of famous celebrities for the MTV television series, "Celebrity Deathmatch".
- Carl Paolino Studios has contributed special make up effects to three feature films that have been part of the Official Selection to the Sundance Film Festival. They were; Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002), Pretty Bird (2008) and Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009).
- When I conceived of The Sickness, one of my goals was to take on the particular social issue of how our government is not really looking after us as well as they lead us to believe. This appeared to be a good subject for a horror film, a scenario that could and does happen to us all every day. When one Hollywood agent read my script, he told me that in this day and age, no company or government would put its own people in danger like that. Later that month a news story broke out across the U.S. that twelve miners were trapped in a mining shaft due to the negligence of the mining company. - on directing, "The Sickness"
- Just last year I screened The Sickness for a few distributors at the Warner Bros. screening room in Burbank. It was the first time I got to see my film projected in a large theater from the original DigiBeta master. My DP, Peter Schmitt, was on hand, and we were both amazed how well our image held up. As much as I hate to admit it, since I love the chemical look of motion pictures, film is dead. The quality level of digital technology available for the pro-sumer filmmaker today is only a baby step away from duplicating the film look entirely. - on directing, "The Sickness"
- I still feel that you get a more genuine performance from an actor if you can actually present the terror to them that they are supposed to be facing. That is to say, in a completely safe environment, of course. My point is, CGI has its place and I am grateful for that, but in my next feature we expect to be shooting everything live and recording it on camera, as it happens! Just like the good old days. - on directing, "Virgin Falls",
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