Bob Rafei
Iranian video game developer
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Babak "Bob" Rafei (Persian: بابک رافعی) is an Iranian video game art director, character animator and concept artist.[1] He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Big Red Button Entertainment,[2] a video game development studio he co-founded with Jeff Lander in 2009.
1969 (age 56–57)
- Art director
- character animator
- concept artist[1]
Bob Rafei | |
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| Born | Babak Rafei 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Education | BFA, Illustration |
| Alma mater | Parsons School of Design '91[1] |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Employer | Naughty Dog (1995–2007) |
| Organization(s) | Big Red Button Entertainment, Inc. (CEO) |
Rafei is also an advisory board member for Game Developers Conference and Game Developers Choice Awards, as well as panel leader of Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences's achievement awards category on Art Direction and contributing writer of Animation Magazine and Animation World Network.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Rafei was an employee of Naughty Dog,[3] joining them in early 1995 to work on Crash Bandicoot (1996). Other notable works include the Jak and Daxter series, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007), and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014).[1]
Rafei previously worked on album cover arts for A&M Records, most notably Blues Traveler's Travelers and Thieves (1991).
Games
- As art director
- Crash Bandicoot (1996)[4]
- Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997)[5]
- Crash Bandicoot: Warped (1998)[5]
- Crash Team Racing (1999)[5]
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001)[6][7]
- Jak II (2003)[8]
- Jak 3 (2004)[9]
- Jak X: Combat Racing (2005)[10]
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007)[11]
- As concept artist
- As game director