Graduate entertainment | media | arts | technology GAMES Continuing the original's ground-breaking approach Music Production – contributed to the game in roles to artistic direction, innovative gameplay, and such as Visual Eff ects Artist, Motion Capture Studio engrossing storytelling, The Last of Us Part II was Technician, Sound Designer, Dialogue Designer, built by large, collaborative teams at Naughty and more. Dog Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment, "Our team was huge, we had almost 80 people just including more than 20 Full Sail grads. animating,” says Computer Animation grad and Alumni from multiple degree programs – including Cinematic Animator Drew Kedra. Game Art, Game Design, Game Development, Computer Animation, Film, Recording Arts, and Laura Sardinha Kidde TOP 25 Schools to study Lead User Interface Designer GAME DESIGN Blizzard Entertainment "I always played games my whole life. I always loved by Princeton Review 2014–2016, 2018-2020 games. And very early on in my life, I knew [I wanted to work at] Blizzard because of the Diablo games," says Game Design master’s grad Laura Sardinha Kidde. "It was my fi rst online RPG, and I was amazed by it." Today, Laura works as a Lead User Interface Designer with Blizzard, contributing her skills in art, design, and delegation to the video game developer's massively popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. In her current role, she oversees UI features for all World of Warcraft expansions and patches, while working with her team to implement user feedback and maintain the artistic integrity of the beloved fantasy franchise. Nive Rajasekaran Mark Diaz Client Gaming Membership Gameplay Programmer Specialist id Software (DOOM franchise) Xbox at Microsoft Mark Diaz graduated from the Game Development program in 2014. He currently works as a Gameplay Programmer at id Software, where he’s worked on projects like DOOM VFR and DOOM Eternal. 250+ Full Sail Grads Credited on 2020's Biggest Games 2020 Game Awards: Multiple Grads on Winning Projects Credited on over 30 games in 22 categories, Full Sail grads contributed to winners such as Best Esports Game (League of Legends), Best Sports/Racing Game (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2), and Best Sim/Strategy Game (Microsoft Flight Simulator). Ryo Furuya Manager Naughty Dog's long-awaited The Last of Us Part II took home Ghost of Tsushima awards in six of the ceremony's 22 categories. Over 30 grads from the Game Art, Computer Animation, Recording Arts, and Game Design degree programs contributed to the Sony Playstation exclusive title. Winning not only the biggest award of the night – Game of the Year – the The Last of Us sequel saw wins in Best Audio Design, Best Narrative, Best Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure Game, and the awards' newest major category, Innovation in Accessibility. Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch Productions – contributed to by 19 Full Sail grads from programs including Computer Animation, Film, Creative Writing, and Shannon Potter Game Design master's – was nominated in six categories, Creative Director, Supervising Sound Designer walking away from the ceremony with a win for Best Art The Last of Us Part II Direction. Nominated in the Best Debut Game category was Nodding Heads Games' Raji: An Ancient Epic, a title UX tested in Full Sail's on-campus UX Lab by a team of faculty, grads, and students. Over 20 graduates from programs including Game Design, Computer Animation, and Creative Writing master's contributed to Best Fighting Game winner Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate and Best AR/VR Game winner, Valve's Half-Life: Alyx. www.fullsail.edu/game-awards Alex Owens Senior UI Programmer Doom Eternal MUSIC Joshua “Josh” Gudwin Producer, Mixer, Engineer Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez As a Grammy-winning producer Those accolades earned him a spot and mixer, Recording Arts graduate in Full Sail’s Hall of Fame in 2019. Josh Gudwin staked his claim in the Josh also served in the Marines and industry working with big names credits his time in the service with like Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Jennifer helping him build skills that he still Lopez, Dua Lipa, Keyshia Cole, uses in the studio. Lionel Richie, and more. Ben “Ben Billions” Diehl Markous “FKi 1st” Roberts Producer, Engineer Producer The Weeknd, Beyoncé Post Malone, Iggy Azalea, 2 Chainz Nathan Nance Re-Recording Mixer Mank Chris Fogel As one half of the Atlanta-based production records between them, and they show no sign Scoring Mixer team FKi, Markous “FKi 1st” Roberts has of slowing down. In addition to his work as a The Mandalorian worked with artists like Iggy Azalea, T.I., Tyga, producer, 1st recently dropped an EP on Diplo’s Seasons 1 & 2 2 Chainz, and more. Since graduating from the Mad Decent Label. The record, called 1st Time Recording Arts degree program in 2008, 1st and for Everything, scored him a touring gig with Colin Leonard his partner Steven “Sauce Lord Rich” Bolden Justin Bieber and Post Malone, whose hit record Mastering Engineer have turned out eight gold and platinum White Iverson was also produced by 1st. Lil Nas X Jonathan Mayer position as an assistant engineer. Jonathan created an Sound Design Manager album of game music and presented it to the Director Facebook of Music at Sony Computer Entertainment who then hired him to compose music on contract. One contract After graduating from the Recording Arts program, led to another, and soon enough Jonathan was brought Jonathan Mayer began his career at Diff erent Fur onto the team full time. He currently works as a Sound Studios where he helped out answering phones and Design Manager at Facebook. working in the facility’s extensive archives. Over the next three years, Jonathan worked his way up to a 59 Full Sail Grads were credited on 59 nominated projects Full Sail Alumni on Nominated Projects at the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards At the 63rd annual GRAMMY Awards, Full Sail Alumni helped Andrew Coleman engineer, mix, and record nominated projects in categories Engineer like Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Beck - Hyperspace Album. Altogether, 59 Full Sail graduates were credited on Winner, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical 59 nominated projects in 39 categories. Six Recording Arts graduates were nominated for their own Grammys, including Colin Leonard (Mastering, "Black Parade" by Beyoncé and "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé), Stuart White (Engineer and Mixing Engineer, "Black Parade" and "Savage"), and Josh Gudwin (Mixer, "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa and Producer, Future Nostalgia). Andrew Coleman (Engineer, Hyperspace by Beck) was awarded a statue for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Glenn A. Tabor Additional grads were involved on Record of the Year and Mastering Engineer Album of the Year nominees. Miki Tsutsumi hashed out the mechanics of Jhené Aiko's Chilombo as one of the album's "Rockstar" - DaBaby Nominee, Record of the Year engineers. Anthony Cruz added his audio expertise to Post Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding, and Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young brought the ‘80s energy to Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia as one of the album's mixers. Awards season is always an exciting time for our graduates, and we congratulate them on their hard work on all the nominated projects. A closer look at the Full Sail alumni credited on this year’s GRAMMY-nominated projects can be found at the link below. Stuart White www.fullsail.edu/grammy-projects Mixing Engineer "Savage" - Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé Winner, Best Rap Performance FILM Television 270+ Grads on 2020's Emmy-Nominated Shows Hundreds of Full Sail graduates helped create Audience), Recording Arts grads Brad North and 2020’s award-worthy shows: 273 grads were Antony Zeller (Watchmen), and Recording Arts credited on 195 nominated projects in 101 grad Chris Fogel (The Mandalorian) took home categories. Seventeen alumni worked on their own Emmy statuettes. Even more grads HBO’s Watchmen (26 nominations, 11 Emmys), were credited on shows like The Simpsons, Ozark, and ten grads contributed to The Mandalorian and The Crown. A closer look at the Full Sail grads (15 nominations, seven Emmys). Film alumnus credited on this year’s Emmy-worthy projects Anastacia Davis Andrew Asnick (ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio can be found here: www.fullsail.edu/emmys Art Production Assistant 61st Street Since graduating from Full Sail's Film Production master's program, Anastacia Davis has harnessed her lifelong determination to work in the entertainment business to make strides and build recognition for herself in Chicago's fi lm industry. Working production assistant roles for Warner Kelly Walton Javier Sandoval Paredes Bros., HGTV, the NBA, and more, the grad recently Stage Manager (Jakora Xochitl) landed a full-time role as an Art Production Ghostbusters Producer/Writer Assistant for AMC Networks on the Michael B. Cartoon Network Mexico Jordan-produced 61st Street. 150+ Grads worked on the Allen (Computer Animation) as a senior paint Marvel Cinematic Universe's artist and Andrew Zink (Computer Animation) "Infi nity Saga" as a CG Supervisor. Box-offi ce smash Avengers: Infi nity War also featured the work of multiple Ever since the release of the fi rst Iron Man movie grads, including two Hall of Fame inductees: David in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has Farmer (Recording Arts, sound designer) and Juan dominated live-action comic book storytelling on Peralta (Recording Arts, re-recording mixer). the silver screen. As "The Infi nity Saga" spooled As the series wrapped up, an additional 50 out in the years since, Full Sail grads have worked grads were credited on Iron Man 3, and dozens on each of the series' 23 fi lms, earning nearly more worked on the Infi nity Saga's fi nal two 600 credits.