Dan Houser
Dan Houser (born May 24, 1974 in London ) is a British computer game developer and co-founder of the Rockstar Games development studio . As a writer, he was responsible for the plot of Red Dead Redemption , Red Dead Redemption 2 and the video game series Grand Theft Auto .
Life
Houser founded a subsidiary of Take 2 Interactive , Rockstar Games, in 1998 with Terry Donovan, his brother Sam Houser , Jamie King and Gary J. Foreman . Houser had previously worked on Take 2 Interactive. He is vice president of Rockstar Games. Dan Houser has worked as a screenwriter and producer on several games in the Grand Theft Auto series . In 2009, he and his brother Sam were ranked among the 100 most important game developers of all time by the US online game magazine IGN .
The story of Rockstar Games and the career of the Houser brothers was filmed by BBC with the TV movie The Gamechangers (2015), in which Dan Houser is played by Ian Attard.
He left Rockstar Games on March 11, 2020 after a long break.
Honors
- 2014: British Academy Video Games Awards : BAFTA Fellowship Award (together with Rockstar Games)
- 2014: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences : Induction into the Hall of Fame (together with Rockstar Games)
Web links
- Dan Houser at MobyGames (English)
- Dan Houser in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 17. Dan Houser & Sam Houser. (No longer available online.) In: IGN . News Corp , 2009, archived from the original on May 15, 2011 ; accessed on June 5, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Colin Campbell: Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser leaving the company. In: Polygon.com. February 4, 2020, accessed February 6, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Houser, Dan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British computer game developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , UK |