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Salman Hashmi
Animator / Director
619-995-9558
[email protected]
​www.salmanhashmi.com
Demo PW: Salmation2024

EXPERIENCE
Decoy Games
February 2022-September 2024
Animation Director
  • Creating stylized hand keyed animations for new original IP
  • Supervise, manage and mentor department staff, critique work and keep to style guides.
  • Direct and review all animation, cameras, and shots for cinematics as well as edit final cut.
  • Collaborate with all teams (Devs, Environment, Character, ect.) to achieve final vision of project.
  • Manage animation process and breakdown complexities that may arise, develop solutions.
  • Work with leads and producers to formulate schedule and production deliverables.

Encore VFX 
July 2021-November 2021
Senior Animator
  • Character and creature animation for Super Girl, Doom Patrol, and various other shows
  • Match Move Animation

Halon Entertainment
October 2018 - July 2022
Animation Lead / Senior Animator
  • Aquaman 2: PreVis Animation Lead, Layout & Animation 
  • Slumberland: PreVis Animation Lead, Layout & Animation 
  • Fortnite: Keyframe and Motion Capture Animation Cinematic Short Trailers
  • New World: Keyframe and Motion Capture Animation AAA Game Launch Trailer
  • Bloodlines 2: Keyframe and Motion Capture Manipulation
  • Disintegration: Hand key realistic Facial Animation and Body clean up for AAA Game Cinematic
  • GI Joe Snakeeyes: Previs, Layout, Animation
  • Outer Worlds: Mocap and Hand Keyed Animation for AAA Game Launch Trailer
  • Borderlands 3: Mocap and Hand Keyed Animation for E3 and Launch AAA Game Trailer
  • Call of the Wild: Previs, Layout, Animation

Mojiit
August 2018 - October 2018
Lead / Senior Animator
  • Created/Developed in App Character Animations & Personality for Avatar
  • Created Mobile/Text Animations and Developed Storyboards
  • Critiqued Jr. Animators Work / Ensuring Animation Style 

Halon Entertainment
March 2018 - August 2018
Animator / Previs Artist
  • Ford V. Ferrari Feature Film: Previs, Layout, Animation
  • Unannounced Film Title: Creature Animation 
  • Just Cause 4: Game Cinematic: MoCap Cleanup/Hand Keyed Animation

Bardel Entertainment 
August 2015 - December 2017
Lead Animator - Dreamworks DinoTrux Supercharged
  • Led a team of 9-10 animators, critiquing work, maintain style quality of show.
  • Coordinating between Producer, Director, Animation Supervisor and Technical Director to ensure all necessary assets are available and in place for animation team.
  • Created Cycles and developed personality for new characters
  • CG Keyframe Animation in Maya.
  • Helped lead Jr animators to get them up to show standards
  • Layout and Camera Animation

Freelance Designer
September 2007 - Present
Multi Media Artist, Director, Animator
  • Companies: DreamWorks TV, Sony, Fox, Warner Brothers, Netflix, Epic Games, Obsidian
  • CG Keyframe Animation
  • CG Modeling/Rigging
  • UI/UX Design
  • Graphic Design & Illustration
  • Mobile App & Mobile Game Development

Double Take Media Services
March 2013 – April 2013
​Character Animator - Secret Defenders of the Spiral Isles
  • CG Character Animation in Maya    
November 2007 – March 2008
Character Animator - Metagenics - 30 Min Animated Infomercial 
  • CG Character Animation in Maya

​Pendulum Studios
​November 2008 – January 2009
Animation Intern
  • Realistic Hand Keyed Facial Animation in Maya
EDUCATION
Animation Mentor - Certificate in Character Animation    
The Art Institute of California-San Diego - Bachelors of Science Degree Media Arts and Animation

SKILLS & SOFTWARE
  • 2D / 3D Animation
  • Motion Graphics
  • Editing & Compositing
  • Maya
  • 3D Studio Max
  • Photoshop
  • After Effects
  • Flash
  • Premier
  • Adobe CC
  • Design / Illustration
  • Unreal / Unity