Lorne Lanning
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Lorne Lanning is an American game designer. He is also co-founder and president of the video game developer, Oddworld Inhabitants. He is best known for the Oddworld series including the games Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee , Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath.
[edit] Career
Lanning studied photo-realism and commercial illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. While attending the School of Visual Arts, he worked as studio manager and assistant painter to Jack Goldstein. Working with Goldstein inspired Lanning to attend the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
In 1988 Lanning worked as a Technical Director at the TRW Engineering Visualization Lab in Redondo Beach, California. He moved on to Rhythm & Hues Studios in Hollywood, California in 1989, where he started as a Technical Director before becoming an Art Director. His final role at the company was as a Visual Effects Supervisor.
In 1994, Lanning and Sherry McKenna co-founded video game development company, Oddworld Inhabitants. Oddworld was dedicated to mixing storytelling, animation and interactivity. Oddworld has sold over 5 million games and won more than 100 industry awards.
In 2001 Lanning and McKenna were named to Wired magazine's list of "gamemaking gods".
In early 2006 Lanning shuttered his game development studio and relocated to the San Francisco Bay area to focus on other forms of entertainment media such as television and film.
Lanning serves on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the Advisory Board to the President of the Academy of Art University, and the Advisory Board for the CGSociety.
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