Hunter Grant is Lead In-Game Cinematic Animator for World of Warcraft,[1] a position he has held since Mists of Pandaria,[2] and Animation Supervisor for Blizzard Entertainment. Grant has served as lead animator on cinematics including the Siege of Orgrimmar trailer, the level 90 Character Boost "wish you were here" trailer, and the comical post-Mists of Pandaria "bottoms up" video.[3] He has also worked on Antorus, the Burning Throne's ending cinematic,[4] and Legion's Alliance and Horde epilogue cinematics.[5]
Notes[]
- In October 2015, Grant celebrated 10 years with Blizzard.[6]
- Earlier projects include the 2006 CGI film Barnyard.[7]
Trivia[]
- The level 100 Horde PvP gear vendor Shadow Hunter Gar'ant is a reference to Hunter Grant.[8]
References[]
- ^ Twitter profile
- ^ Terran Gregory on Twitter (2015-10-16). “Congrats to Hunter, who has excelled as our Animation Lead on WoW in-game since Mists of Pandaria!”
- ^ http://www.huntergrant.com/new-gallery-5/
- ^ Jessica Dru on Twitter: "My team's ending cinematic for Antorus just came out. SPOILERS! So much work went into this one, and new (to us) tech for the fiery goodness. @Tumblebuck @KarenSoh @SplineSurfer @TPayneXperience @jesdru @gspliff @fakegiraffe @TerranGregory"
- ^ Terran Gregory on Twitter: "He’s the Anim supervisor for these projects, lots of work from talented folks go into them! :)"
- ^ Hunter Grant on Twitter (2015-10-16). “A decade at Blizzard down. Many more to come.”
- ^ Terran Gregory on Twitter (2016-05-16). “That's right. Our anim lead. (There's more people from that project here as well) 😄”
- ^ Hunter Grant on Twitter: "Shadow Hunter Gar'ant"
External links[]
- huntergrant.com - Personal website
