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15 Facts About Patrick Tatopoulos

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Patrick Tatopoulos was born on September 25,1957 and is a Greek-French production designer and director who lives and works in the United States.

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Patrick Tatopoulos's designs have appeared in numerous motion pictures, including Pitch Black; Underworld; I, Robot; The Chronicles of Riddick; Independence Day; Bram Stoker's Dracula; Stargate; Spawn; Godzilla; Stuart Little; 300; I Am Legend; Man of Steel; Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; Justice League; 10,000 BC and Live Free or Die Hard.

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Patrick Tatopoulos raced motorcycles, worked in 2-D advertising and drew comic book covers.

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Patrick Tatopoulos lived in Greece for ten years before coming to the United States in 1989.

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Patrick Tatopoulos is a fluent speaker of English, Greek and French.

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On October 11,2015, Patrick Tatopoulos married Face Off host McKenzie Westmore.

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Patrick Tatopoulos studied at the Ecole d'Art Decoratif de Paris, the Ecole des Arts Appliques de Paris, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

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Patrick Tatopoulos is a frequent collaborator of directors Roland Emmerich, Alex Proyas, and Len Wiseman.

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In May 2000, Patrick Tatopoulos was honored by The Hellenic Times at its ninth annual Scholarship Gala in New York.

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Patrick Tatopoulos owns Tatopoulos Studios, Inc and Patrick Tatopoulos Designs, Inc.

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Patrick Tatopoulos made his directorial debut with the 2009 film Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.

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Patrick Tatopoulos worked on the live action film adaptation of the Darkstorm Studios graphic novel I, Frankenstein, which was produced by Lakeshore Entertainment.

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Patrick Tatopoulos created the creature figures of the upcoming Stan Winston produced Speed Demon.

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Patrick Tatopoulos served as a judge for the first 2 seasons, appearing only several times on the third, on the Syfy original series Face Off which features makeup artists competing for $100,000.

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Patrick Tatopoulos has worked with the following directors on more than one film:.