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Will Wright
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Will Wright is an American computer scientist, game designer, and voice actor born in Atlanta in 1960. He was educated at Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, and The New School. Wright has worked for Electronic Arts, which also serves as his copyright representative. His notable works include the video games Raid on Bungeling Bay and The Sims.
Wright received the BAFTA Fellowship and is recognized as a creator in the entertainment industry. His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. He resides in Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Greenwich Village, and Manhattan. Wright is an atheist who speaks English.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Simant The Electronic Ant Colony
- In the Trenches
- Salt for the Journey: (Humor, Tragedy, Acts of Bravery)
- Without a Tear: (Kindly Tales for Open Hearts)
- Cinder
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- How Videogames Changed the World — Self2013
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- William Ralph Wright , ( 1960-01-20 ) January 20, 1960 (age 66) , Atlanta , Georgia , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Louisiana State University Louisiana Tech University The New School
- Occupation
- Game designer
- Known for
- SimCity The Sims Spore
- Spouses
- Joell Jones ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 , divorced ) Anya Zavarzina
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ralph
- Family name
- Wright
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Educated at
- The New School
- Employer
- Electronic Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- The Sims
- Image
- Willwrightatsxsw.jpg
- Residence
- Manhattan
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- Commons category
- Will Wright
- date of birth
- 1960-01-20
- birth name
- William Ralph Wright
- name in native language
- Will Wright
- has works in the collection
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
via Wikidata · CC0