David Cage

David Cage

David Cage, president of the Festival du jeu vidéo 2008 (Paris, France)
Born David De Gruttola
June 9, 1969 (1969-06-09) (age 42)
Mulhouse, France
Occupation Video game director
Known for Director of Omikron: The Nomad Soul, Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain
Title Founder and CEO of Quantic Dream
Term 1997-
Children 2

David De Gruttola[1] (born June 9, 1969), better known by his pseudonym David Cage,[1] is a French musician and video game designer.

Biography

He is the head of game developer studio Quantic Dream.[1] Cage plays a central role in the company and the development of the games, being founder, co-CEO (with Guillaume de Fondaumière, who is also executive producer and CFO of Quantic Dream since 2003) director, lead game designer, and screenwriter.[1] As a professional musician, he created the company Totem Interactive in 1993, which worked in music and sound productions.[2] He worked as a freelancer musician on several television, film and video game projects, involved with original soundtrack work.[2]

His earlier works (under the name De Gruttola) include the music in video games such as Cheese Cat-Astrophe starring Speedy Gonzales (1995), Timecop (1995), and Hardline (1997). David Cage founded Quantic Dream in 1997. He has designed and directed all three games so far released by the studio: Omikron: The Nomad Soul (1999), Fahrenheit (2005), and Heavy Rain (2010).

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