Farshid Almassizadeh

Developer BIO

Before he joined Presto Studios, Farshid Almassizadeh worked for several years as an independent contractor specializing in multimedia development. His client list included InterNetwork, MOOV design, GTE ImagiTrek and Radius, where he was the lead animator on the Rocket Home Companion CD-ROM.

While he was a senior at the University of California at San Diego, pursuing degrees in theater arts and cognitive science, he began a career at Presto Studios as Co-Founder and Vice-President of Production and Director of Technologies.

He started as Lead Animator and Programmer of The Journeyman Project and became Project Manager for The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time, Gundam 0079, Beneath (not released), and Stephen King's F13.

As a popular lecturer at industry conferences, seminars and universities, Almassizadeh helped to grow Presto Studios into a successful software company, forging partnerships with such industry powerhouses as Activision, Mattel, Apple and Microsoft.

In 2001, he joined Intrinsic Graphics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.), a developer of next-generation graphics software environments, as director of Developer Relations. A year later he founded emcStudios, LLC, a console-based entertainment development studio located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Calif. Currently he is Senior Director of Product Development at EA (2009).

In 1996 Fasrhid married to his long-time girlfriend Renee Ferrara, who also graduated from UCSD (B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies). Their daughter Zoe Rose was born in May 2005. The Almassizadeh family lives in Los Angeles, California.

Websites

• The exciting life of ... -- Farshid Almassizadeh's blog
• IMDb -- Farshid Almassizadeh at IMDb

Games Credited

The Simpsons Game (2007), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Simpsons Game (2007), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Sims 2 (2005), Electronic Arts, Inc., Maxis Software Inc.
The Sims 2 (2005), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Sims 2 (2005), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Sims 2 (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Urbz: Sims in the City (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Sims: Bustin' Out (2003), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Myst III: Exile (2001), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Star Trek: Hidden Evil (1999), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Stephen King's F13: Ctrl, Alt, ...Shiver (1999), Blue Byte Studio GmbH
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (1998), Red Orb Entertainment
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (1995), Sanctuary Woods, Inc.
The Journeyman Project: Turbo! (1994), Sanctuary Woods, Inc.