Speakers
Matthew Weise, Narrative Designer & Writer, Fiction Control
Matthew Weise is a narrative designer and writer whose work bridges the worlds of games and traditional entertainment. He spearheaded the story development of Disney's Fantasia: Music Evolved for Harmonix Music Systems, architected the choice-design for the interactive film The Jury Room by Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam), co-designed and directed the game prequel to the Christopher Nolan produced sci-fi film Transcendence, and has performed similar roles on projects for Microsoft, Red Bull, Eko, PBS, and The National Ballet of Spain. His IGF-nominated The Snowfield, an emotion-driven immersive experience set during WWI, was developed while he was Game Design Director of MIT's GAMBIT Game Lab, an initiative that mixed games and research in innovative ways. His current company, Fiction Control, provides narrative design services for film, television, and games. He is currently working with Rocket Ride on an unannounced project for a major entertainment IP.