Corey May
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Born | United States |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Screenwriter, producer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Corey May is the co-founder and President of Sekretagent Productions, a production company based in Los Angeles, California working in the film, video game, and internet industries. May is the main writer of the Assassin's Creed series. May worked as the lead writer on Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, and Assassin's Creed III. Corey May also helped Jeffrey Yohalem as a writer on Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Darby McDevitt on Assassin's Creed: Revelations. May helped Jeffrey Yohalem once again on Assassin's Creed Syndicate, making it the last game he worked on before departing from Ubisoft. May also helps in the production of most other entries into the Assassin's Creed franchise to make sure everything flows together into one coherent narrative.
May graduated from Harvard University in 1999 and founded Sekretagent with Dooma Wendschuh upon their graduation from the University of Southern California's Peter Stark Producing Program in 2001.
Along with Dooma Wendschuh, May has co-written for video games such as Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Army of Two and Terminator Salvation. He also was an executive producer on the 2006 horror film The Plague, was a producer on the 2002 film Yo, Tyrone.
He and Wendschuh wrote the recently released Batman video game developed by Warner Bros. Games Montreal, Batman: Arkham Origins,[1] a prequel to Rocksteady Studios Batman video games: Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.
Video Gameography
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Writer | Producer | |||
2002 | Yo, Tyrone | Yes | Short film | |
2004 | Prince of Persia: Warrior Within | Yes | ||
2005 | Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones | Yes | ||
Battles of Prince of Persia | Yes | |||
Stolen | Yes | |||
2006 | The Plague | Yes | Direct-to-video | |
2007 | Assassin's Creed | Yes | ||
2008 | Army of Two | Yes | ||
2009 | Terminator Salvation | Yes | ||
Assassin's Creed II | Yes | |||
2010 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | Yes | Story | |
2011 | Assassin's Creed: Revelations | Yes | Story | |
2011 | Happy Feet Two: Erik's Adventure | Yes | App | |
2012 | Assassin's Creed III | Yes | ||
Cartoon Universe | Yes | Online Game | ||
Inversion | Yes | |||
2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Yes | Story | |
Batman: Arkham Origins | Yes |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Award category | Title of work | Result |
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2010 | British Academy Video Games Awards | Best Story (shared with Joshua Rubin and Jeffrey Yohalem) | Assassin's Creed II | Nominated |
Writers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing (shared with Joshua Rubin and Jeffrey Yohalem) | Nominated | ||
2011 | Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing (shared with Jeffrey Yohalem and Patrice Désilets) | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | Won | |
2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing (shared with Dooma Wendschuh and Ryan Galletta) | Batman: Arkham Origins | Nominated |
References
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External links
- Corey May at the Internet Movie Database
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