Christian Cantamessa (born October 4, 1976) is an Italian-American writer, director, and video game creator best known as lead designer and co-writer of '' Red Dead Redemption'' and the ''

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'' series, level designer on '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', and writer of '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor''. He is also the founder and CEO of Sleep Deprivation Lab, which is a production company and video game consulting firm known for work on '' Rise of the Tomb Raider'', '' The Crew'', ''

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'', ''Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'', and '' Middle-earth: Shadow of War''. He also was the director and writer of '' Air'', a feature film released in 2015 starring Norman Reedus, Djimon Hounsou, and

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. In December 2020 it was revealed that Cantamessa is working on story, world-building and cinematic direction for the reboot of ''

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'' with Xbox's The Initiative studio.

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