{"id":10446,"date":"2025-09-03T03:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T03:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:07:40","slug":"neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Druckmann Becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>The Last of Us Part II director Neil Druckmann has been promoted to co-president of Naughty Dog. Current president Evan Wells announced the news today on the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naughtydog.com\/blog\/studio_announcement_dec2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><span><span><span>company&#8217;s blog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>. The promotion came during an all-studio meeting where director of operations Alison Mori and co-director of programming Christian Gyrling were also promoted to vice presidents.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Druckmann began his career as an intern at Naughty Dog in 2004. His first major credit was working as a programmer for Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing before helping design the first two Uncharted games. His major claim to fame came as the writer and co-creative director for the critically acclaimed The Last of Us alongside Bruce Straley.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The pair would later direct the well-received Uncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End, which Druckmann also co-wrote. Druckmann then led the development for The Last of Us Part II, helping write the story alongside Halley Gross. The sequel released in June\u00a0to widespread acclaim (including a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/the-last-of-us-part-ii\/the-last-of-us-part-ii-review-a-perfect-circle\">10 out of 10<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span>\u00a0from <em>Game Informer<\/em>). Beyond games, Druckmann is also working with HBO to <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/03\/05\/neil-druckmann-and-chernobyl-creator-making-the-last-of-us-series-for-hbo\"><span><span><span><span>develop a TV series based on The Last of Us<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The Last of Us Part II is currently in the running for Game of The Year at this year\u2019s <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/11\/18\/here-are-the-nominees-for-the-2020-game-awards\"><span><span><span><span>Game Awards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>. Check out our\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/video-podcast\/the-game-informer-show\/2020\/07\/14\/naughty-dog-on-the-last-of-us-part-iis-controversy\"><span><span><span><span>interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> with Druckmann and Gross as they discuss the game\u2019s ending and the online reactions to it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><em>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naughtydog.com\/blog\/studio_announcement_dec2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naughty Dog<\/a>]<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/12\/04\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last of Us Part II director Neil Druckmann has been promoted to co-president of Naughty Dog. Current president Evan Wells announced the news today on the company&#8217;s blog. The promotion came during an all-studio meeting where director of operations Alison Mori and co-director of programming Christian Gyrling were also promoted to vice presidents.\u00a0 Druckmann began his career as an intern at Naughty Dog in 2004. His first major credit was working as a programmer for Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing before helping design the first two Uncharted games. His major claim to fame came as the writer and co-creative director for the critically acclaimed The Last of Us alongside Bruce Straley.\u00a0 The pair would later direct the well-received Uncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neil Druckmann Becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Last of Us Part II director Neil Druckmann has been promoted to co-president of Naughty Dog. 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