Josh Scherr

Josh Scherr is an American video game writer and designer best known for his work on the Uncharted series.

Josh Scherr
Nationality	American
Alma mater	USC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupation(s)	Writer, video game designer
Employers	Naughty Dog (2001–22) Crop Circle Games (2022–24)
Notable work	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Education

Josh Scherr received his Master of Fine Arts in Animation from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1997.^[1]

Career

He worked on several films, including Los Gringos (1999) and Dinosaur (2000), before joining Naughty Dog in 2001. He worked as the cinematics animation lead on the Jak and Daxter series (2001–05), and also led the cinematics team for the first three Uncharted games from 2007 to 2011.^[2] He supervised and co-wrote the Uncharted comic book, released from 2011 to 2012. He has been a staff writer for Naughty Dog since early 2014, co-writing Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) with Neil Druckmann, and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017) with Shaun Escayg.^[3] On July 15, 2022, Scherr announced his departure from Naughty Dog after 21 years with the company.^[4] In October 2022, he announced he had joined new studio Crop Circle Games as narrative director;^[5] the studio was shuttered in March 2024.^[6]

Works

Video games

Year	Game title	Role
2001	Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy	Cinematic animator[3]
2003	Jak II	Lead cinematic animator[3]
2004	Jak 3	Lead cinematic animator
2005	Jak X: Combat Racing	Lead cinematic animator
2006	Daxter	Additional cut-scene animator
2007	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	Co-writer, lead cinematic animator[3]
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Co-writer, lead cinematic animator[3]
2011	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Lead cinematic animator[3]
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Co-writer[7]
2017	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy	Co-writer[8]
2020	The Last of Us Part II	Narrative designer, additional writing

Other

Year	Game title	Role	Notes
1999	Los Gringos	Animator	Short film
2000	Dinosaur	Animator	Film
2000	"Californication"	Animator	Music video

References

1. "USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts News". cinema.usc.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
2. "The Last of Us Part II co-writer Josh Scherr is leaving Naughty Dog after 21 years". www.gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
3. "Josh Scherr". Visual Effects Society. 2015. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
4. Barker, Sammy (July 15, 2022). "Naughty Dog Writer, Animator Josh Scherr Departs After 21 Years". Push Square. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
5. Rousseau, Jeffrey (October 25, 2022). "Jeff Strain launches Crop Circle Games". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
6. Rousseau, Jeffrey (March 25, 2024). "Prytania Media shutters Crop Circle Games". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on March 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
7. Hanson, Ben (October 8, 2015). "Charting Progress: The History Of Animation At Naughty Dog". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
8. Hanson, Ben (March 17, 2017). "The Biggest Decisions Behind Uncharted: The Lost Legacy". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.