Josh Scherr

Josh Scherr
Josh Scherr
Nationality	American
Alma mater	USC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupation	Writer, designer
Employer	Naughty Dog (2001–present)
Notable work	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves,; Uncharted 4: A Thief's End,; Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Josh Scherr is an American video game writer and designer best known for his work on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

Career

Josh Scherr received his Master of Fine Arts in Animation from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1995.[1] 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. He supervised and co-wrote the Uncharted comic book, released from 2011–12. 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.[1]

Works

Video games

Year	Game title	Role
2001	Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy	Cinematic animator[1]
2003	Jak II	Lead cinematic animator[1]
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[1]
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Co-writer, lead cinematic animator[1]
2011	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Lead cinematic animator[1]
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Co-writer[2]
2017	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy	Co-writer[3]
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

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References

"Josh Scherr". Visual Effects Society. 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
Hanson, Ben (October 8, 2015). "Charting Progress: The History Of Animation At Naughty Dog". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
Hanson, Ben (March 17, 2017). "The Biggest Decisions Behind Uncharted: The Lost Legacy". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

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[VES-1] "Josh Scherr". Visual Effects Society. 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2017.

[2] Hanson, Ben (October 8, 2015). "Charting Progress: The History Of Animation At Naughty Dog". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved July 9, 2017.

[3] Hanson, Ben (March 17, 2017). "The Biggest Decisions Behind Uncharted: The Lost Legacy". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.