Risa Cohen
Moby ID: 36523
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Born and raised in New York City, Risa started her career in entertainment as a Playwright and Producer. After finishing art school, she moved to Paris and began working in multimedia and videogames.
First as a designer and localization manager, then Producer, Risa has worked for Kalisto, Infogrames, Exmachina Image and Disney. She has worked in collaboration with Square, Namco, NEC, Microprose, Universal studios, Warner Bros, Moulinsart and ABC television.
She has won awards including Francis Newcomb 1997, Grant for Best play, Best voice recording 2000, Dark Earth and Piglets BIG Game in 2002 and Best kids game, PS2 Magazine USA in 2003.
As an authority in Europe on 3D animation and 3D special fx, Risa speaks at conferences throughout Europe and is a visiting professor at the Institute International Multimedia in Paris 3D production and video games.
In 2004 Risa became an Independent Producer and Consultant, and has since worked in film as a special fx Supervisor for the film “Night Junkies”, as a Risk Manager and Auditor for video games seeking completion bonds from Film Finances inc. and International film guarantors and as production support to publishers and developers worldwide.
Risa is also a member of the faculty at the Institute International Multimedia in Paris 3D production and video games.
Credited on 31 games
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| Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered (2024, PlayStation 5) | Special Thanks GHM |
| Return to Monkey Island (2022, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Rogue Trooper: Redux (2017, Windows) | Our special thanks to to |
| The Invisible Hours (2017, Windows) | Associate Executive Producer |
| Sine Mora EX (2017, Windows) | Publishing Producer |
| RiME (2017, Xbox One) | Executive Producer |
| The Sexy Brutale (2017, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| Black Knight Sword (2012, PlayStation 3) | Publishing Producers |
| Sine Mora (2012, Windows) | Publishing Producer |
| Bang Bang Racing (2012, Windows) | Publishing Producer |
| Dead Block (2011, Windows) | Publishing Advisors |
| SkyDrift (2011, Windows) | Publishing Advisors |
| Shadows of the Damned (2011, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks GHM |
| Alice: Madness Returns (2011, Windows) | Electronic Arts Thanks |
| ArcaniA: Gothic 4 (2010, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| Raven Squad (2009, Windows) | Project Monitoring for IFG |
| What's Cooking? Jamie Oliver (2008, Nintendo DS) | Special Thanks to |
| Alone in the Dark (2008, PlayStation 2) | Production Support |
| The Witcher (2007, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Urban Chaos: Riot Response (2006, Xbox) | Special Thanks to |
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2010's
Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with TĂ©rence Mosca-Toba
- 7 games with András Peller
- 7 games with Gábor Ortutay
- 6 games with Olivier Robin
- 6 games with Csaba Kordován
- 6 games with Zoltán Kozma
- 6 games with Rebecka Coutaz
- 6 games with Balázs Horváth
- 6 games with Sándor Földi
- 6 games with Gábor Kádi
Companies
- 12 games with Valve Corporation
- 7 games with Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
- 6 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 6 games with Atari, Inc.
- 5 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 5 games with Digital Reality Software Kft
- 5 games with Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
- 4 games with Anakan GmbH
- 4 games with Firelight Technologies Pty. Ltd.
- 4 games with Kasedo Games Limited
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