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Sam Houser (born November 3, 1971 in London, England[1]) is the president and executive producer at Rockstar Games, the company he co-founded with brother Dan, and Terry Donovan. He helped lead the development of the Grand Theft Auto series.

Career[]

Houser joined Bertelsmann Music Group in 1990, working in the company's post-room. In 1994, Houser was named to BMG's new interactive entertainment division. By 1996, Houser became Head of Development at BMG Interactive.

Credited as executive producer, Houser is also the creator of several of the games in the Grand Theft Auto series with his brother Dan. On Grand Theft Auto III his responsibilities were, in his words, to be "militant on ensuring the game had a look, a sound, a story and a feel that worked."[2] His description of the series as a whole is that the three sixth-generation Grand Theft Auto games form a "trilogy, [featuring] our distorted look at the East Coast around the time of the millennium (Grand Theft Auto III), followed by our reinterpretation of '80s Miami (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City), and lastly, our look at early-'90s California (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)."[3]

Despite their status as creators of Grand Theft Auto, one of the most successful video game franchises of all-time, Houser and his brother Dan have shied away from the media spotlight, focusing instead on the Rockstar Games brand, rather than any one person getting the credit for the games' success.

In 2009, both Sam and Dan Houser appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2009 list.

Grand Theft Auto[]

Sam appears as an Easter egg in GTA III, and GTA Vice City, both times appearing in the role of the Ammu-Nation clerk Sam. A statue of the character can be found in Downtown Square in GTA San Andreas.

The Gamechangers[]

In The Gamechangers, Sam Houser is portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe.

Employment History[]

FromToCompanyRole
December 1998PresentRockstar GamesPresident
Executive Producer

Video Game Credits[]

Executive Producer[]

Take 2 Chief Whip[]

References[]

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