Christian Cantamessa

Christian Cantamessa (born October 4, 1976) is an Italian-American writer, director and video game creator best known as lead designer and co-writer of Red Dead Redemption and the Manhunt series, level designer on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and writer of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.

Christian Cantamessa
Born (1976-10-04) October 4, 1976
Savona, Italy
OccupationVideo game writer, designer, screenwriter
Notable work
Manhunt series
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Red Dead Redemption
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

He is also the founder and CEO of Sleep Deprivation Lab[1] which is a production company and video game consulting firm known for work on Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Crew, Forza Horizon, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle-earth: Shadow of War.

He also was the director and writer of Air, a feature film released in 2015 starring Norman Reedus, Djimon Hounsou and Sandrine Holt.

In December 2020 it was revealed that Cantamessa is working on story, world-building and cinematic direction for the reboot of Perfect Dark with Xbox’s The Initiative studio.[2]

Works

Video games
YearGame titleRoleNotes
2000Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' QuackersGame design
2001The WatchmakerGame design, original story, quality assurance
2003ManhuntLead level designer and writer
2004Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasLevel designer
2007Manhunt 2Designer and writer
2010Red Dead RedemptionLead designer and writer[3][4]Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction at 14th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards[5]
2012Forza HorizonAdditional writing[6]
2014Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorCinematics director, story[7][8]Outstanding Achievement in Story at the 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards[9]
Nominated for Direction in a Game, Cinema at the NAVGTR Awards[10]
2014The CrewStory[11]
2015Rise of the Tomb RaiderStory consultant[12]
2017Middle-earth: Shadow of WarStory

Film
YearFilm titleRoleNotes
2015Air[13]Writer and director[14][15][16]Directorial feature film debut[17]
2018Awake[18] Writer[19] Premiered at South by Southwest 2018[20]

Comics
YearSeries titleRoleNotes
2017Kill the Minotaur[21]WriterPublished by Image Comics[22]

References
  1. "Here's the secret to making a truly cinematic video game". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  2. "Analysis: Who's working on the new Perfect Dark?". Video Games Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. "How Red Dead Redemption's writer wants Start VR to change storytelling". VentureBeat. 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  4. "'Red Dead Redemption' writer Christian Cantamessa is thrilled at the opportunities that VR will present". International Business Times AU. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. Graft, Kris. "BioWare's Mass Effect 2 Wins Game Of The Year At Interactive Achievement Awards". Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  6. Purdy, Shawn. "When Worlds Collide: hands-on with The Crew". www.teamvvv.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  7. "SDCC2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Christian Cantamessa Roundtable Interview | ToonZone News". ToonZone News. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  8. Times, Los Angeles. "'Shadow of Mordor': Behind the scenes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  9. Nutt, Christian. "Shadow of Mordor cleans up at the AIAS awards". Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  10. "Nominations by Year | National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Corporation". navgtr.org. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  11. Purdy, Shawn. "The Crew was written by former writers of Red Dead Redemption and GTA Vice City". www.teamvvv.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  12. "New Moving Hazard trailer shows weaponized zombies in action - GameZone". GameZone. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  13. "Exclusive Interview: "Air" Director Christian Cantamessa". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  14. "'Walking Dead's' Norman Reedus to Star In, Robert Kirkman to Produce Sci Fi Thriller 'Air' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  15. "The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman and Norman Reedus to team for sci-fi thriller Air". IGN India. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  16. Jaworowski, Ken (2015-08-13). "Review: In 'Air,' Norman Reedus and Djimon Hounsou Keep Hope, and Themselves, Alive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  17. ""Walking Dead" Creator Robert Kirkman's Quest To Create The Anti-Marvel". Fast Company. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  18. McNary, Dave (2017-12-04). "Jake McDorman, Analeigh Tipton to Star in VR Film 'Awake'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  19. McLevy, Alex. "VR is getting very, very good". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  20. "SXSW 2018: Exclusive Trailer for VR Original Series AWAKE". ScreenAnarchy. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  21. "Skybound Launches New Comic, Kill The Minotaur - Take A Peek! - Bleeding Cool News And Rumors". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  22. "Robert Kirkman's Skybound Teams With Universal to Adapt 'Kill the Minotaur' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-03-17.


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