{"id":10573,"date":"2020-12-04T23:14:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T23:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog"},"modified":"2024-07-21T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T13:01:23","slug":"neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog","title":{"rendered":"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Druckmann has made a name for himself in the videogame industry by leading developer Naughty Dog in some of their most important titles such as Uncharted and The Last of Us series, and now, the game director has been promoted to Co-President of the company.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naughtydog.com\/blog\/studio_announcement_dec2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naughty Dog&#8217;s official website<\/a> and shared via social media, current President Evan Wells shared the big news with the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Neil Druckmann now joins me as Co-President of Naughty Dog, after serving almost three years as Vice President,&#8221; the announcement reads, adding that, as Druckmann leaves his role as VP, Alison Mori, former Director of Operations, and Christian Gyrling, former Co-Director of Programming, will function as Co-VPs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/DtVPz-_Fon-GNCoHSFDDwPgsuMs38hgJScpEEgNme18\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL2xhc3Rfb2ZfdXNfcGFydF8yLmpwZw\" alt=\"Last of Us II\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Druckmann was the co-director of The Last of Us Part II (Photo: Naughty Dog)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Druckmann, age 41, joined ND back in 2004 and has fulfilled different roles over the years, including being a programmer in games like Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing, game designer for the first two titles in the Uncharted franchise (Drake&#8217;s Fortune and Among Thieves), and game director for titles like The Last of Us Part I &amp; II, and Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/naughty-dog-s-neil-druckmann-calls-out-journalist-jason-schrier-for-anne-frank-joke\">Naughty Dog&#8217;s Neil Druckmann calls out journalist Jason Schreier for Anne Frank joke<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the moment, he&#8217;s currently developing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/the-last-of-us-series-gets-hbo-green-light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO series adaption of The Last of Us<\/a>, joining Chernobyl&#8217;s showrunner Craig Mazin to bring the story of Ellie and Joel to life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Druckmann has made a name for himself in the videogame industry by leading developer Naughty Dog in some of their most important titles such&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":10574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-games","genre-entertainment","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog - GINX TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10573\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog - GINX TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Neil Druckmann has made a name for himself in the videogame industry by leading developer Naughty Dog in some of their most important titles such...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GINX TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-04T23:14:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-21T13:01:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andr\u00e9s Aquino\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andr\u00e9s Aquino\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andr\u00e9s Aquino\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/698eade43138e2429335d2cf7435466a\"},\"headline\":\"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-04T23:14:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-21T13:01:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Video Games\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\",\"name\":\"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog - GINX TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-04T23:14:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-21T13:01:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png\",\"caption\":\"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/\",\"name\":\"GINX TV\",\"description\":\"GINX TV\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GINX TV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":40,\"caption\":\"GINX TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/698eade43138e2429335d2cf7435466a\",\"name\":\"Andr\u00e9s Aquino\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2023-11-23-at-13.55.56-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2023-11-23-at-13.55.56-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Andr\u00e9s Aquino\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/author\/andres-aquino\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog - GINX TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10573","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog - GINX TV","og_description":"Neil Druckmann has made a name for himself in the videogame industry by leading developer Naughty Dog in some of their most important titles such...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog","og_site_name":"GINX TV","article_published_time":"2020-12-04T23:14:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-21T13:01:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Andr\u00e9s Aquino","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andr\u00e9s Aquino","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog"},"author":{"name":"Andr\u00e9s Aquino","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/698eade43138e2429335d2cf7435466a"},"headline":"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog","datePublished":"2020-12-04T23:14:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-21T13:01:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog"},"wordCount":253,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png","articleSection":["Video Games"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog","name":"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog - GINX TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png","datePublished":"2020-12-04T23:14:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-21T13:01:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design__5_.png","caption":"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/neil-druckmann-becomes-co-president-of-naughty-dog#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Neil Druckmann becomes Co-President of Naughty Dog"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/","name":"GINX TV","description":"GINX TV","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization","name":"GINX TV","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg","width":200,"height":40,"caption":"GINX TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/698eade43138e2429335d2cf7435466a","name":"Andr\u00e9s Aquino","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2023-11-23-at-13.55.56-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2023-11-23-at-13.55.56-96x96.png","caption":"Andr\u00e9s Aquino"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/author\/andres-aquino"}]}},"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1973"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}