Josh Scherr is an American video game writer and designer best known for his work on the ''
Uncharted
''Uncharted'' is an action-adventure video game franchise published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and developed by Naughty Dog. Created by Amy Hennig, the ''Uncharted'' franchise follows a group of treasure hunters who travel across the wo ...
'' series.
Career
Josh Scherr received his Master of Fine Arts in Animation from the
USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1995.
He worked on several films, including ''
Los Gringos
''Los Gringos'' is a 1999 computer animated short created and written by Anders J. L. Beer and written/directed by Rob Letterman. It was an official selection for the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.Los Gringos' at sundance.org
Cast
* John Leader as ...
'' (1999) and ''
Dinosaur'' (2000), before joining
Naughty Dog in 2001. He worked as the cinematics animation lead on the ''
Jak and Daxter
''Jak and Daxter'' is an action-adventure video game franchise created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series was originally developed by Naughty Dog with a number of installments being outsourced ...
'' series (2001–05), and also led the cinematics team for the first three ''
Uncharted
''Uncharted'' is an action-adventure video game franchise published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and developed by Naughty Dog. Created by Amy Hennig, the ''Uncharted'' franchise follows a group of treasure hunters who travel across the wo ...
'' games from 2007 to 2011. He supervised and co-wrote the ''Uncharted'' comic book, released from 2011 to 2012. He has been a staff writer for Naughty Dog since early 2014, co-writing ''
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' (2016) with
Neil Druckmann, and ''
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy'' (2017) with Shaun Escayg.
On July 15, 2022, Scherr announced his departure from Naughty Dog after 21 years with the company.
In October 2022, he announced he had joined new studio Crop Circle Games as narrative director.
Works
Video games
Other
References
Place of birth missing (living people)
Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American animators
American video game designers
Uncharted
Video game writers
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
Naughty Dog people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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