Douglas Wilson on Us and the Game Industry
Friday, February 21 from 11:00am-1:30pm
Post-secondary students and faculty are invited to join game developer Douglas Wilson for a screening of Us and
the Game Industry, a feature documentary from director Stephanie Beth investigating design principles with
contemporary computer game developers. Those profiled in the film include: Douglas Wilson of Die Gute Fabrik
(Johann Sebastian Joust, Mutazione); Jenova Chen, John Edwards and Robin Hunicke of thatgamecompany
(Journey); Jason Rohrer (The Castle Doctrine); Alexander Bruce (Antichamber); and Zach Gage (SpellTower).
Douglas Wilson is co-owner of Die Gute Fabrik, a small game studio based in Copenhagen and New York City.
Doug has developed a number of physical and installation games including Johann Sebastian Joust, which received
the Innovation Award at the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards. He is currently producing two commercial
games projects, Sportsfriends and Mutazione.
Stephanie Beth is an independent documentary producer and director for Common Dreams Ltd. With decades of
involvement with documentary production and teaching with and about media, she has sustained an ethnographic
interest in the human condition in the modern and then contemporary world. Her films include Us and the Game
Industry (2013), In Joy (1980), and I Want to be Joan (1977).
HOW TO OBTAIN TICKETS TO THE GUEST SPEAKER EVENTS:
University and college students
Same day ticket availability: Tickets for each event will be made available on a first-come, first- served, basis.
Tickets are limited to one per person and are available one hour before the event's start time at the Steve & Rashmi
Gupta Box Office on the first floor of TIFF Bell Lightbox, located at 350 King Street West. Students must show valid
college or university cards for admittance.
Faculty members and administrators
Advance bookings: Faculty members and administrators can reserve blocks of tickets for their classes, 30 tickets
per professor. Please send your request to [email protected], putting the name of the specific event in the subject heading.
Same day ticket availability: The remaining tickets for each event will be made available on a first-come, firstserved basis. Tickets are limited to one per person and are available one hour before the event's start time at the
Steve & Rashmi Gupta Box Office on the first floor of TIFF Bell Lightbox, located at 350 King Street West. Faculty
and administrators must show college or university faculty/staff cards for admittance.
Members of the game development community who would like to attend, but are not a faculty member or
student, are encouraged to email [email protected] to inquire about booking a ticket.