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Josh Scherr
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUSC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupation(s)Writer, video game designer
Employers
  • Naughty Dog (2001–2022)
  • Crop Circle Games (2022–present)
Notable workUncharted 2: Among Thieves,
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End,
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Josh Scherr is an American video game writer and designer best known for his work on the Uncharted series.

Education

Josh Scherr received his Master of Fine Arts in Animation from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1997.[1]

Career

He worked on several films, including Los Gringos (1999) and Dinosaur (2000), before joining Naughty Dog in 2001. He worked as the cinematics animation lead on the Jak and Daxter series (2001–05), and also led the cinematics team for the first three Uncharted games from 2007 to 2011.[2] He supervised and co-wrote the Uncharted comic book, released from 2011 to 2012. He has been a staff writer for Naughty Dog since early 2014, co-writing Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) with Neil Druckmann, and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017) with Shaun Escayg.[3] On July 15, 2022, Scherr announced his departure from Naughty Dog after 21 years with the company.[4] In October 2022, he announced he had joined new studio Crop Circle Games as narrative director.[5]

Works

Video games

Year Game title Role
2001 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Cinematic animator[3]
2003 Jak II Lead cinematic animator[3]
2004 Jak 3 Lead cinematic animator
2005 Jak X: Combat Racing Lead cinematic animator
2006 Daxter Additional cut-scene animator
2007 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Co-writer, lead cinematic animator[3]
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Co-writer, lead cinematic animator[3]
2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Lead cinematic animator[3]
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Co-writer[6]
2017 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Co-writer[7]
2020 The Last of Us Part II Narrative designer, additional writing

Other

Year Game title Role Notes
1999 Los Gringos Animator Short film
2000 Dinosaur Animator Film
2000 "Californication" Animator Music video

References

  1. ^ "USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts News". cinema.usc.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  2. ^ "The Last of Us Part II co-writer Josh Scherr is leaving Naughty Dog after 21 years". www.gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Josh Scherr". Visual Effects Society. 2015. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Barker, Sammy (July 15, 2022). "Naughty Dog Writer, Animator Josh Scherr Departs After 21 Years". Push Square. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Rousseau, Jeffrey (October 25, 2022). "Jeff Strain launches Crop Circle Games". Gamesindustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  6. ^ Hanson, Ben (October 8, 2015). "Charting Progress: The History Of Animation At Naughty Dog". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  7. ^ Hanson, Ben (March 17, 2017). "The Biggest Decisions Behind Uncharted: The Lost Legacy". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.


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