PAUL J. SALAMOFF has been working for over 35 years in Film, TV, Video Games and Commercials as a Writer, Producer, Director, Executive, Comic Creator, Storyboard Artist and Make-Up FX Artist. He has developed projects with Legendary Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Hollywood Gang, Blumhouse, Wigram Productions, Silver Pictures, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Vertigo and Eclectic Pictures. He is the author of On the Set: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette, The Silent Planet, and the graphic novels Hired Guns, Discord, and Logan’s Run. His short stories and essays have appeared in anthologies, including The Companions of Doctor Who, Midian Unmade: Tales from Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe. He teaches screenwriting at New York Film Academy and made his feature-film directorial debut with Encounter, a multi award-winning Sci-Fi/Drama based on his original screenplay that stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Cheryl Texiera and Tom Atkins. Encounter won “Best Independent Film” at The 46th Annual Saturn Awards. Recently, he has been providing expertise in writing to improve models for a top Artificial Intelligence lab.

Paul J. Salamoff

PAUL J. SALAMOFF has been working for over 35 years in Film, TV, Video Games and Commercials as a Writer, Producer, Director, Executive, Comic Creator, Storyboard Artist and Make-Up FX Artist. He has developed projects with Legendary Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Hollywood Gang, Blumhouse, Wigram Productions, Silver Pictures, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Vertigo and Eclectic Pictures. He is the author of On the Set: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette, The Silent Planet, and the graphic novels Hired Guns, Discord, and Logan’s Run. His short stories and essays have appeared in anthologies, including The Companions of Doctor Who, Midian Unmade: Tales from Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe. He teaches screenwriting at New York Film Academy and made his feature-film directorial debut with Encounter, a multi award-winning Sci-Fi/Drama based on his original screenplay that stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Cheryl Texiera and Tom Atkins. Encounter won “Best Independent Film” at The 46th Annual Saturn Awards. Recently, he has been providing expertise in writing to improve models for a top Artificial Intelligence lab.

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PAUL J. SALAMOFF has been working for over 35 years in Film, TV, Video Games and Commercials as a Writer, Producer, Director, Executive, Comic Creator, Storyboard Artist and Make-Up FX Artist. He has developed projects with Legendary Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Hollywood Gang, Blumhouse, Wigram Productions, Silver Pictures, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Vertigo and Eclectic Pictures.

He is the author of On the Set: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette, The Silent Planet, and the graphic novels Hired Guns, Discord, and Logan’s Run.

His short stories and essays have appeared in anthologies, including The Companions of Doctor Who, Midian Unmade: Tales from Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe.

He teaches screenwriting at New York Film Academy and made his feature-film directorial debut with Encounter, a multi award-winning Sci-Fi/Drama based on his original screenplay that stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Cheryl Texiera and Tom Atkins. Encounter won “Best Independent Film” at The 46th Annual Saturn Awards. Recently, he has been providing expertise in writing to improve models for a top Artificial Intelligence lab.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Writer / Director at Beyond Casual Media
November 15, 2016 - Present
I Wrote, Co-Produced and Directed the multi-award winning Sci-Fi/Drama feature film ENCOUNTER
Make-Up FX Artist
January 1, 1989 - January 1, 2003
Worked on over forty films, ten television series, and numerous commercials.

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Qualifications

Saturn Award – Best Independent Film (Encounter)
January 11, 2030 - March 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Gaming, Education