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Biography
Josh Scherr is an American video game writer and designer best known for his work on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and the upcoming Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
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 (1999) and Dinosaur (2000), before joining Naughty Dog in 2001. He worked as a designer on the Jak and Daxter series (2001–05), and led the cinematics team for the first three Uncharted games from 2007 to 2011. He also supervised and co-wrote the Uncharted comic book, released from 2011–12. 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.
Works
Video games
| Year | Game title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | Cinematic animator |
| 2003 | Jak II | Lead cinematic animator |
| 2004 | Jak 3 | Lead cinematic animator |
| 2005 | Jak X: Combat Racing | Lead cinematic animator |
| 2006 | Daxter | Additional cut-scene animator |
| 2007 | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Co-writer, lead cinematic animator |
| 2009 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Co-writer, lead cinematic animator |
| 2011 | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Lead cinematic animator |
| 2016 | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | Co-writer |
| 2017 | Uncharted: The Lost Legacy | Co-writer |
Other
| Year | Game title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Los Gringos | Animator | Short film |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Animator | Film |
| 2000 | "Californication" | Animator | Music video |