Studio Lead Writer, BioWare
When: Monday, November 27, 2017 - 6 - 7:15 p.m.
Where: CMA 2.306 (Seating is first come, first served.)
Please join us for a Q&A session where we discuss Hall Hood's career trajectory since his time as an RTF major, his roles and responsibilities as studio lead writer at BioWare, and his views on the current state of the video game industry.
Listen to a podcast of this talk on Soundcloud.
Hall Hood's Biography
A graduate of UT Austin’s Radio-Television-Film class of 1992, Hall Hood is currently Studio Lead Writer for BioWare Austin. Since 2006, he has created interactive narratives, original characters, branching dialogue scenes, and background lore for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic. He also co-authored Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia published by DK Books in 2012, and has written for BioWare’s games Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and the forthcoming Anthem.
Fall 2017 MIC Speakers
Sept. 18 - Caroline Frick
Founder, Texas Archive of the Moving Image, Associate Professor, UT Austin
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Sept. 25 - Felicia Henderson
Producer, Writer, Director, Assistant Professor, UT Austin
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Oct. 2 - Hugh Forrest
Chief Programming Officer, SXSW
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Oct. 9 - Luis Ribeiro
Managing Partner/EP, LOBO post-production
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Oct. 16 - Noah Hawley
Television Producer/Writer (FX's Fargo, Legion)
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Oct. 23 - Laura Rister
Producer/Manager, Untitled Entertainment
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Oct. 30 - Jordan Levin
CEO, Awesomeness TV
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Nov. 6 - Gaylyn Fraiche
Producer, Mar Vista Entertainment
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Nov. 13 - Andrew T. Wang
JuVee Productions
Head Of TV Development and Production
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Nov. 20 - Luke Pebler
Editor/Post at Detour Films
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Nov. 27 - Hall Hood
Studio Lead Writer, BioWare
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306
Dec. 4 - Matt Hullum & Chris Demarais
CEO & Lead Creative, Rooster Teeth
6-7:15 p.m., CMA 2.306