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Monster Makers
Patrick
Tatopoulos
HE MAY NOT HAVE THE HIGH PROFILE OF STAN WINSTON, BUT THIS FRENCH-BORN
ILLUSTRATOR, PRODUCTION DESIGNER AND CREATURE CREATOR HAS CONTRIBUTED
UNFORGETTABLE DESIGNS AND NIGHTMARISH CREATURES FOR FILMS LIKE
SILENT HILL
,
PITCH
BLACK
,
GODZILLA
AND
INDEPENDENCE DAY
. TATOPOULOS’S OUTSTANDING WORK CAN ALSO BE
SEEN IN
VAN HELSING
,
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
, AND THE
UNDERWORLD
FRANCHISE.
Interview by Scott Hocking