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Faiyaz Saleem

92 Mill St N Brampton,ON

Summary

Experienced Animator with 12+ years in VFX, TV, and AAA gaming, skilled in cinematic and gameplay animation. Proficient in Unreal Engine, MotionBuilder, and Maya, with recent Shipped Title on MechWarrior5 Clan. Passionate about bringing characters to life and enhancing storytelling through animation.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Animator

Piranha Games
Vancouver, BC (Remote)
05.2024 - Current
  • Developed game cinematic using MotionBuilder, Unreal Engine, and Maya
  • Performed mocap cleanup and retargeting for character animations
  • Created Mech animation cycles for in-game mechanics
  • Utilized Unreal Sequencer for cinematic sequencing and integration

Senior Cinematic Animator

Platige Image
Montreal, QC
04.2024 - 06.2024

Worked on AAA Game cinematic

Mocap Cleanup Facial and Body

. Call of Duty Terminus

. Cross Fire

Gameplay Animator

Gorenchi Company
Brampton, ON
11.2023 - 05.2024
  • Worked on an AA RPG game
  • Created animation cycles for various animals and biped characters in the game

Senior Animator

Rodeo FX
Toronto, ON
11.2023 - 12.2023

Mocap Cleanup

  • Avatar The Last Airbender: Worked on shot with mocap cleanup to enhance character performance and motion clarity

Senior Animator

DNEG
Toronto, Ontario
07.2022 - 09.2023
  • Aquaman 2: Contributed to dynamic character animations, enhancing key action scenes.
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: Developed creature animations, focusing on realism and motion impact for the film's colossal battles.
  • Fast & Furious X: Delivered high-intensity keyframe animations, bringing energy and realism to action sequences.

Key Animator

MPC Toronto (Formerly MR.X)
Toronto, Canada
06.2021 - 05.2022

Projects

  • Halo Season 1: Animation work on iconic sci-fi action scenes
  • Foundation: Contributed to complex character and environment animations
  • Home Alone Netflix Movie: Developed engaging animations for key sequences

Animator

Mr.X
12.2019 - 05.2021
  • Collect references and observe minor details.
  • Create high quality realistic Key frame animation.
  • Collaborate with leads and supervisors and follow their critiques Precisely.
  • Projects:
  • Barbarians
  • Snow piercer Season 2
  • American Gods Season 3

Animator

MPC - Moving Picture
05.2019 - 12.2019
  • Create high quality realistic Key frame animation.
  • Collect references and observe minor details.
  • Make Hwrender and Daily of those shots which are approved by the client.
  • Release anim curves and make cache for the other departments.
  • Collaborate with leads and Supervisors and follow their critiques precisely
  • Project:
  • Call of the Wild (20th Century Fox Feature film, 2020)

Senior 3D Animator

The Monk Studio
02.2015 - 04.2019
  • Collaborated on storyboards and resolved technical challenges with leads
    Created lifelike character animations with high frame-by-frame detail
    Advanced character keyframe animation skills
  • Projects
  • Talking Tom and Friends (Seasons 1 & 2), Lords 2: The Revenge of the Dynasty, Cloud Baby, The Legend of Two Heroes, Journey to the West 2, Arthur, Next G

Lead 3D Animator

Ice Animations Pvt,.Ltd. (Karachi, Pakistan)
05.2012 - 02.2015
  • Led a team of animators, ensuring motivation and project alignment
  • Quality-controlled animation output and managed technical challenges with CG Supervisor and Department Leads
  • Projects
  • Al Mansour, Big Ass Spider, Day of Reckoning, Dettol Warriors (TV Commercial), Lego Transformers (TV Commercial)

Education

iAnimate Creature Workshop (Quadruped Locomotion) 

IQRA University Media Sciences (Majors in Animation) Karachi, Pakistan

Animation Mentor
Game Animation Fundamentals

Skills

  • Autodesk Maya
  • Unreal Engine 5
  • Motion Builder
  • Gameplay animation
  • Motion capture Facial Animation
  • Keyframe Animation

Timeline

Senior Animator

Piranha Games
05.2024 - Current

Senior Cinematic Animator

Platige Image
04.2024 - 06.2024

Gameplay Animator

Gorenchi Company
11.2023 - 05.2024

Senior Animator

Rodeo FX
11.2023 - 12.2023

Senior Animator

DNEG
07.2022 - 09.2023

Key Animator

MPC Toronto (Formerly MR.X)
06.2021 - 05.2022

Animator

Mr.X
12.2019 - 05.2021

Animator

MPC - Moving Picture
05.2019 - 12.2019

Senior 3D Animator

The Monk Studio
02.2015 - 04.2019

Lead 3D Animator

Ice Animations Pvt,.Ltd. (Karachi, Pakistan)
05.2012 - 02.2015

iAnimate Creature Workshop (Quadruped Locomotion) 

IQRA University Media Sciences (Majors in Animation) Karachi, Pakistan

Animation Mentor
Faiyaz Saleem