---
name: "Paul Lasaine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-lasaine"
fi1m_id: "paul-lasaine"
imdb_id: "nm0489404"
tmdb_id: 957354
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T09:14:10.289801+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Lasaine

## Identity

Paul Lasaine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-lasaine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-lasaine
- **IMDb ID:** nm0489404
- **TMDB ID:** 957354
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957354

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957354

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*What If...?*](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paul Lasaine is a production designer who has worked in both live-action visual effects and animation. He began his career as a matte painter and supervisor on films including *Dick Tracy* (1990), *Batman Returns* (1992) and *Hocus Pocus* (1993). He later served as visual effects art director on *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy (2001–2003).

Lasaine has worked as production designer on animated features including *Surf's Up* (2007), *The Boxtrolls* (2014) — for which he received an Annie Award — and *Storks* (2016). He has held the same role on the Marvel Studios series *What If...?* (2021–2024) and contributed visual development to *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (2018) and other DreamWorks and Sony Animation projects. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: paullasaine.com, looper.com, awn.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *What If...?* (2021), Fi1m 63, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Marvel Zombies* (2025), series, Production Design
- *Ultraman: Rising* (2024), as Visual Development
- *What If...?* (2021), series, Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (2018), as Visual Development — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse.md)
- *Storks* (2016), Production Design
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), Production Design
- *Turbo* (2013), as Visual Development
- *The Croods* (2013), Additional Effects Development
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), as Visual Development
- *Surf's Up* (2007), Production Design
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md)
- *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Beethoven's 2nd* (1993), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Alien³* (1992), as Matte Painter — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)

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