Franck De Girolami

Developer BIO

06/1991-11/1993 - Infogrames/Atari, France

• Programmer – Alone In The Dark (PC 3D Action/Adventure - Interplay)
• Project Lead/Lead Programmer – Alone In The Dark 2 (PC 3D Action/Adventure - Interplay)

12/1993-08/1995 - Xatrix/Gray Matter, Los Angeles.

• Project Lead/Lead Programmer – Cyberia (PC CGI Adventure - Interplay)
• Project Lead/Lead Programmer – Venom (PC 2D Fighting Game - Virgin)

09/1995-05/1997 – Torquen Studios, Los Angeles

• Founder, Company Head
• 3D hardware and software research (Atari/I-Motion/Infogrames)
• Technical/Development Director Consulting Work for Cyberdreams.
• Project Lead/Lead Programmer – Smaug (PC 3D RTS/RPG – Cyberdreams)

06/1997-01/2001 – Eight Cylinder Studios, Los Angeles then San Francisco

• Founder
• Lead Graphics Programmer – Flux (PC 3D Action – Microsoft)
• Website building technology

03/2001-12/2001 – Check Six Studios, Los Angeles

• Senior Producer on Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS2 Squad FPS – Fox Interactive)
• Promoted to Head of Production
• Also oversaw the development of Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (PS2/GC Platformer – Vivendi)

02/2002-09/2003 – Studio Mythos, Los Angeles

• Hired as a partner
• Vice-President of Production
• Also assumed role of Technical Director and Creative Director as needed
• Studio Mythos development and participated in the development of:
  • C&C Generals (PC RTS – EA)
  • Medal of Honor: Frontline (PS2 FPS – EA)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (GC/X-Box/PS FPS – LucasArts)
  • Catz 5 and Dogz 5 (PC Pet simulation – Ubisoft)

11/2003-03/2005 – Climax Group, Los Angeles

• Vice-President of Development
• Also assumed role of Technical Director as needed
• Oversaw the development of:
  • Tron 2.0: Killer App (X-Box FPS – BVG)
  • ATV Fury: Blazing Trails (PSP Racing – Sony)
  • Lizzie McGuire 3: Homecoming Havoc (GBA Mini-games – BVG)

05/2005-Present – SeniorGameConsultants.com, Los Angeles

• Senior Consultant / Founder
• Provides high-level management services to video game developers
• Reviews developers and projects for publishers
• Provides expert witness services for lawsuits in the games industry

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Games Credited

• Thor: God of Thunder (2011), SEGA of America, Inc.
• Damnation (2009), Codemasters Software Company Limited, The
• Rise of the Argonauts (2008), Codemasters Software Company Limited, The
• ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails (2005), Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
• Catz 5 (2002), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002), LucasArts
• Cyberia (1994), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Alone in the Dark 2 (1993), Infogrames Europe SA
• Jack in the Dark (1993), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Alone in the Dark (1992), Infogrames Europe SA