It's hard to pin down Salamoff to one particular profession. An over twenty-three veteran of the industry, he has found success as a Writer, Producer, Film Executive, Comic Book Creator, Author, and originally as a Special F/X Make-Up Artist.Born in Natick, MA, he was raised on a healthy diet of sci-fi and horror from the age of five. After high school, he moved to California to attend film school at USC. Salamoff parlayed his obsession for genre filmmaking into a successful run as a professional Special F/X Make-Up Artist. In his years doing FX, he worked on over forty films, ten television series, and numerous commercials. His Film & TV writing credits include The Dead Hate The Living (co-written with Dave Parker), The St. Francisville Experiment and Alien Siege for the SyFy channel. He was recently named one of the TOP 100 Up & Coming Screenwriters of 2012 by THE TRACKING BOARD.He is also author of two non-fiction books: ON THE SET: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette (now in its 3rd Edition) and The Complete DVD Book: Design, Production and Marketing (co-written with Chris Gore).As a Comic Creator, Salamoff is the writer of a number of Comic Book Series including Vincent Price Presents, Black Scorpion and the critically acclaimed Logan's Run: Last Day and Logan's Run: Aftermath written with William F. Nolan. He is also the Creator of the original Graphic Novel: Discord and its prequel series Tales of Discord (Markosia Press).In 2005 Salamoff became Vice President of Production for DAVID LANCASTER PRODUCTIONS working on Wes Craven's The Breed and Hollow Man 2. After a successful merge with BOLD FILMS, he became their Vice President of Production and worked on such films as Legion, Bobby and Starship Troopers: Marauder. After leaving Bold, he accepted the position of President of Production for RAT BASTARD PRODUCTIONS working on the upcoming festival darling Down For Life.Having been involved with THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & HORROR FILMS for over twelve years; he produced the 22nd, 23rd, 33rd, 34th and 35th Saturn Awards. Salamoff has also produced Video Game TV/Web Development Diaries and Trailers working on such high-profile projects as The Adventures of Tintin, Bulletstorm, Mafia 2, Mass Effect 2, Gears of War 2 and Dead Space.