Emily Newton Dunn

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Emily Newton Dunn
Born1972
England
Occupation(s) Television presenter, video game designer

Emily Newton Dunn (born 1972) is an English television presenter and video game designer and producer.

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Career

She co-presented the Channel 4 TV programme Bits with Aleks Krotoski and Emily Booth. Since leaving television presenting, she began worked in her video games career for Criterion Games. [1] [2] She later worked for Electronic Arts as part of EA Bright Light as both a designer and producer, working on games such as Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince . [3] [4]

Works

YearTitleRoles
1999BitsWriter
2001Lara Croft: Lethal and LoadedSelf
2002Saiko ExcitingSelf-hoster
2003Ultimate GamerSelf-presenter
2005 Burnout Revenge Producer
2008 Burnout Paradise Additional Producer
2009 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Designer and producer
2009 Need for Speed: Shift Designer
2010 Create Designer
2022 Dreams Senior Principal Systems Designer

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