Chris Ulm

Developer BIO

Chris Ulm has spent over 15 years as a creative force in the animation and video game industries and is the co-founder of Malibu Comics Entertainment, the creators of Men in Black. While at Malibu Comics, Chris served as Editor-In-Chief, overseeing the development of properties that included the popular Nightman and UltraForce series. He was instrumental in growing the company into the fourth largest comic book publisher in North America, bringing on board such key licensed properties as Paramount Pictures' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and 20th Century Fox's Planet of the Apes.

Before joining Sammy Studios, Chris worked at Oddworld Inhabitants, where he helped develop the project's overall vision with creative director Lorne Lanning. His contributions included major elements behind the story line and game play of Abe's Exoddus and Munch's Oddysee, along with those used for future projects based on the franchise. Chris and Lorne's collaborative effort is nominated for an award in the "Excellence in Game Design" category at the 2002 Game Developers Conference (GDC).

Prior to Oddworld, Chris co-founded Mainbrain Productions, a Malibu-based animation and comic book developer. While there, he adapted the blockbuster game Myst into a comic book series for Dark Horse Comics, and helped develop animated series for Universal Cartoon Studios and Klasky-Csupo.

Chris has appeared as a featured speaker at numerous video game industry events, including e3 and GDC. He is also a contributing editor to the soon-to-be-published book Professional Game Design. Chris received his BA in History at the University of California, Northridge.

[Source: Sammy Studios Management]

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Games Credited

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy (2008), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Darkwatch (2005), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Iron Phoenix (2005), SEGA of America, Inc.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (2001), Microsoft Corporation
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (1998), GT Interactive Software Corp.