Amy Hennig Writer

Amy Hennig (born 1964/1965) is a video game director and script writer, formerly for the video game company Naughty Dog. She began her work in the industry on the Nintendo Entertainment System, with her design debut on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City. She later went to work for Crystal Dynamics, working primarily on the Legacy of Kain series. With Naughty Dog, her work has been on two primary series: Jak and Daxter and Uncharted.Hennig believes that the creative direction of a script holds more importance than the graphics of the game. She has been called one of the most influential women in the video game industry by Edge magazine, and has been cited as an example of how more women are becoming involved in a previously male dominated field.

Personal facts

Nationality
United States
Education
University of California Berkeley

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Writer

award
Writers Guild of America Award
notable work
Jak and Daxter
Uncharted
Legacy of Kain

Amy Hennig on Wikipedia