Craig Derrick

Developer BIO

Craig Derrick is a ten-year veteran of the video game industry having produced, collaborated, and provided creative direction on many successful licensed and original IP video games.

Craig Derrick is currently a Producer for LucasArts. He began his career working at Parallax Software / Outrage Entertainment and served as the Producer on Descent: Maximum, Descent II: The Infinite Abyss, and the highly acclaimed Descent 3. At Vicarious Visions he was responsible for the production of Finding Nemo, Jet Grind Radio, Tony Hawk’s Underground, Shrek 2, Batman Begins, and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land.

Beyond his work producing, Craig is an active contributor in the development community and is a member of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), an advisory board member of the Game Design and Development Curriculum at Full Sail Real World Education, an alumni of the Game Developers Conference, has written for Game Developer Magazine, is a judge for the Independent Games Festival, and is an active member of the International Game Developer’s Association (IGDA) where he sits on the advisory board for the Albany, NY chapter and on the Credits Standards Committee.

Websites

• cr4i9s d0m4in -- Craig Derrick's personal website

Games Credited

Lucidity (2009), LucasArts
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009), LucasArts
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (2009), Telltale, Inc.
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay (2009), Telltale, Inc.
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan (2009), Telltale, Inc.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006), Activision Publishing, Inc.
2 in 1: DreamWorks' Shark Tale + Shrek 2 (2005), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Batman Begins (2005), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (2005), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (2004), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
Shrek 2: Beg for Mercy! (2004), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2004), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo (2003), THQ Inc.
Disney's Brother Bear (2003), Disney Interactive, Inc.
Disney's The Lion King 1 ½ (2003), THQ Inc.
Jet Grind Radio (2003), THQ Inc.
Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes (2000), Infogrames, Inc.
Descent³ (1999), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Descent Maximum (1997), Interplay Productions, Inc.
Descent II: The Infinite Abyss (1996), Interplay Entertainment Corp.