Lou Catanzaro
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Louis Catanzaro
Moby ID: 175877
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Lou Catanzaro has been in the game’s industry since 1995, where he began his career as a Lead Artist for Papyrus Design Group/Sierra on such projects as: IndyCar Racing II, NASCAR Racing 2, and the NASCAR Grand National Series Expansion Pack.
In 1998 Lou left Papyrus to become one of the founding members of Blue Fang Games. Lou was Art Director for the original Zoo Tycoon series of products published by Microsoft Games Studios. Lou was credited as Art director and a contributing lead artist on: Zoo Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs, Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection, Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania, as well as the 2004 release of Zoo Tycoon 2. The original Zoo Tycoon has gone on to sell more than 5 million copies worldwide.
In 2005 Lou became a Project Director and Art Director for Mad Doc Software, creators of the critically acclaimed RTS title, Empire Earth II.
Credited on 14 games
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| World of Zoo (2009, Wii) | Senior Artist |
| Star Trek: Legacy (2006, Xbox 360) | Legacy Team |
| Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species (2005, Windows) | Art Team |
| Zoo Tycoon 2 (2004, Windows) | Art Director |
| Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection (2003, Windows) | Art Lead |
| Zoo Tycoon (2001, Windows) | Art Director |
| NASCAR Racing: 1999 Edition (1999, Windows) | 2D Artists |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Racing (1999, Windows) | 2D Artists |
| SODA Off-Road Racing (1997, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| CART Racing (1997, Windows) | Lead Artist |
| NASCAR Racing (1996, PlayStation) | 2D Artists |
| NASCAR Racing 2 (1996, DOS) | 2D Art |
| IndyCar Racing II (1996, DOS) | Artists |
| NASCAR Racing (1996, Macintosh) | Artists |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with Adam Levesque
- 8 games with John Wheeler
- 7 games with Julie Sparks
- 7 games with Bryan K. Shutt
- 7 games with Joanna Gardy
- 6 games with David D. Flamburis
- 6 games with Charlie Heath
- 6 games with Dan Roeger
- 6 games with Priscilla Kilbride Walden
- 6 games with Jonathan Valvano
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Companies
- 8 games with Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
- 8 games with Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
- 4 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 3 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 3 games with Blue Fang Games, LLC
- 3 games with Playman s.r.o.
- 3 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 3 games with 1C Company
- 2 games with Liquid Development, LLC
- 2 games with ak tronic Software & Services GmbH
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