Katie Tender is a Turnover Artist and software developer on the Avatar sequels, where she defines, develops, and performs virtual production workflows. In December 2022, she received her first film credit for work on "Avatar: The Way of Water". She is passionate about using code to remove constraints on the creative possibilities of CG technologies. Prior to joining the Avatar productions, she worked as an Animation Designer at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in May 2020 with a BFA in Electronic and Time-Based Media with a minor in Animation and Special Effects.