James Salter (Salty)

James "Salty" Salter is an accomplished animator with extensive experience in virtual reality and augmented reality projects. Currently serving as an Animator at Bend Studio since March 2022, Salter previously held the position of Senior Animator at First Contact Entertainment from January 2019 to February 2022, where responsibilities included creating motion capture and hand-keyed animations for titles such as Firewall: Zero Hour and Solaris: Offworld Combat. Earlier experience includes working at Magnopus on projects like Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab and CNN VR, as well as keyframe animation at Section Studios. Salter graduated from Gnomon in 2016 with a degree in Digital Production for Entertainment, specializing in Character and Creature Animation.