Hall Hood - November 27, 2017

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: InquisitionMass 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