Siddhartha Sankar Saha

Set up humanoid crowds using Geometry Nodes in Blender for an immersive art experience. Optimized AI-generated characters, rigged and animated them, and maintained the animation pipeline.

Collaborated remotely on an undisclosed AAA cinematic title, contributing high-quality character animation using Blender. Hand-keyed and polished complex performances for hero characters, ensuring cinematic quality and adherence to technical standards.

Created high-fidelity animations for cinematic sequences in Neo Berlin 2087. Processed and refined motion capture data, retargeted it to custom rigs, and implemented gameplay and cinematic animations in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints and Blend Spaces.

Developed a custom character rigging pipeline for efficient Unity integration on The Wagadu Chronicles. Created keyframe character, weapon, and prop animations to enhance gameplay and visual quality.

Contributed gameplay animation systems to multiple shipped Formula 1 titles. Cleaned, refined, and implemented motion capture animations for pit stops, podium ceremonies, and player emotes, and supported cross-functional teams as a 3D Generalist on Dirt Rally and GRID.

Worked as a Facial Animator and shipped Red Dead Redemption 2 at Rockstar Games, delivering high-fidelity facial animations for primary characters. Contributed to cinematic and gameplay animation across AAA and VR projects, including Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

Diploma in 3D Character Animation from Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, completed in 2017.

Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia and Animation from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, completed in 2016.