Director

Gary Whitta

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 86239

IMDb ID: nm1729428

Known for: Writing

Born: July 21, 1972

Age: 53

Place of birth: Poplar, London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2010 - 2017

Years active: 8

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q5526151

Also known as

Gary Whitta • جارى ويتا

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Biography

Gary Leslie Whitta (born 21 July 1972, London, England) is an English-American screenwriter, author, game designer and former video game journalist. He began his career working on magazines such as ACE and helped found PC Gamer, later serving as editor-in-chief in both the UK and US editions. Whitta’s film credits include writing The Book of Eli (2010), co-writing After Earth (2013) with M. Night Shyamalan, and co-developing the story for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). In games, he has contributed to titles like Prey and The Walking Dead: The Game, and has served as a narrative consultant on projects including Halo 5: Guardians. He also writes fiction (novel Abomination, comics) and hosts digital talk-shows such as Animal Talking.

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