Jeffrey Yohalem is an American director and writer of video games. After graduating

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from

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with a degree in

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, he joined the

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studio, working on the games '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2'' and ''

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'', before writing '' Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Assassin's Creed: Syndicate''. His most recent published project is ''

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'', released in December 2020. In the past, he filmed and directed the documentary ''Human Eaters'', and was an intern at

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. Jeffrey has won a

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for his work as lead writer of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''. He was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award and a BAFTA Games Award for his work on ''Assassin's Creed II''. He went on to be nominated for the Writer’s Guild Award for Assassin’s Creed III, Revelations, Unity and Syndicate, making him the most nominated writer in the category’s history. Jeffrey is openly gay, and has stated that "I grew up playing games as an escape from the bullies at school", which helped lead him to his current career path.

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