Jeffrey Yohalem

Jeffrey Yohalem (born 1982/1983)[1] is an American director and writer. After graduating cum laude from Yale University with a degree in English literature, he joined the Ubisoft Montreal studio, working on the games Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Assassin's Creed II, before writing Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Far Cry 3, Child of Light, and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.[2][3] His most recent published project is Immortals Fenyx Rising, released in December 2020.[4]

Jeffrey Yohalem
Born1982/1983
United States
Alma materYale University
OccupationWriter, director
Years active2006–present

In the past, he filmed and directed the documentary Human Eaters,[5] and was an intern at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.[2]

Jeffrey has won a Writers Guild of America Award for his work as lead writer of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.[6] He was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award[7] and a BAFTA Games Award for his work on Assassin's Creed II.[8]

Jeffrey is openly gay, and has stated that "I grew up playing games as an escape from the bullies at school", which helped lead him to his current career path.[9] Jeffrey's experience with his sexuality was part of what led him to include a male character being raped in Far Cry 3: "That was the director and me kind of saying, 'Listen, all of these female characters have been treated this way by video games, and we want to have a male character live that, we think it’s really important that the gender be flipped.' We wanted to make gamers uncomfortable. It was a challenge to the straight guys that beat me up when I was younger, and on some level the whole game can be seen as that, I think, definitely."[10]

Writing credits
Year Title Notes
2008 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 Story designer
2009 Assassin's Creed II
2010 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed: Ascendance Short
2011 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
2012 Assassin's Creed III Multiplayer story
Far Cry 3
2014 Child of Light
Assassin's Creed Unity Additional dialogue and the Dead Kings DLC
2015 Assassin's Creed Syndicate
2018 Nefertari: Journey to Eternity Short
2020 Immortals Fenyx Rising Narrative director and lead writer[4]

References
  1. Kelber, Micah (May 18, 2011). "From 'Chip 'n Dale' to 'Assassin's Creed'". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. "'Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood' Writer Explains Story's Secret Meaning". Gamerant.com. December 12, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  3. Wawro, Alex (April 8, 2014). "Q&A: Smaller is better for Child of Light". Gamasutra. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. Burrows, Adrian (October 30, 2020). "Interview: Jeffrey Yohalem discusses the myths and comedy that made Immortals Fenyx Rising". The Sixth Axis. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  5. "Jeffrey Yohalem". IMDb.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  6. "'Inception,' 'Social Network' Win Top WGA Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. February 5, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  7. "2010 WGA Videogame Writing Nominees Announced". Wga.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  8. "BAFTA Awards – 2010". IMDb.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  9. Hiird, Mike (December 25, 2015). "Being gay in the world of gaming – writer Jeffrey Yohalem talks Child of Light". Gay Times. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  10. McCasker, Toby (August 20, 2014). "Up Late With Far Cry 3's Writer Jeffrey Yohalem". IGN. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
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