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Corey May
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <h3>Early life</h3> <p>Corey May was raised near <a href="/facts/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles/hF4zF5n6">Hollywood</a>. May's interest in <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">films</a>, <a href="/facts/Comics/KeDK1haL">comics</a>, <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">games</a> and <a href="/facts/Anime/d5j1by0m">anime</a> came from a young age. However, his family wanted him to initially attend <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> to become a doctor. May failed in Chem 5 and realized that medicine wasn't his future. May then decided to take <a href="/facts/Bachelor_of_Arts/2pa1nwfR">BA</a> and several English courses, including literature courses and <a href="/facts/Creative_writing/41wGAltM">creative writing</a> courses. He took a class on <a href="/facts/Eastern_Europe/f5CDGzNA">Eastern European</a> science fiction and read many books, but still intended to be an <a href="/facts/Investment_Banker/WcxWICfI">investment banker</a> or a trader. In the summers, May took jobs at a variety of banks in New York City, but was rejected several times due to his appearance. However, he did receive a job to copy edit reports and journal articles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h3>Career</h3> <h4>Sekretagent Productions</h4> <p>After college in early 2000s, May decided to apply to the <a href="/facts/The_Peter_Stark_Producing_Program/6MlTCA9l">Peter Stark Producing program</a> at <a href="/facts/University_of_Southern_California/N0v9R5gs">USC</a>. At USC, May met his business partner, Dooma Wendschuh, and after graduation they made their production company official. They printed business cards and letterhead. Thanks to some contacts made during a <a href="/facts/The_Walt_Disney_Company/R8kCbAVc">Disney</a> internship, the duo sold its first project to Disney: a re-envisioned live-action <i><a href="/facts/The_Wind_in_the_Willows/qyM5lHhS">The Wind in the Willows</a></i>. Many writers and directors including <a href="/facts/Guillermo_del_Toro/6uzjkCwU">Guillermo del Toro</a> have been attached.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h4>Ubisoft (2004-2011)</h4> <p>Off the success of the first project, the duo signed with a film agency. The agency received many requests for writing on video games. Having loved the medium since childhood, May decided they should at least take the meetings, where he first met Ubisoft. May and Wendschuh pitched Ubisoft an animated television show based on <i><a href="/facts/Rayman/bEo37PQF">Rayman</a></i>. Despite rejecting the pitch, the executives did like May, and invited him to visit <a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a>. After the critical success of <i><a href="/facts/Prince_of_Persia:_The_Sands_of_Time/GLJT6PyY">Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time</a></i> and <a href="/facts/Beyond_Good_%26_Evil_(video_game)/tcK3be0J"><i>Beyond Good & Evil</i></a>, the publisher wanted May to help with the next <i><a href="/facts/Prince_of_Persia/Tj0b8Fjj">Prince of Persia</a></i> game, <i>Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></i> </p><p>May then started working on <i>Assassin's Creed</i> for four years. "It was this big crazy weird super ambitious monstrosity. How are we going to go from what's in the <a href="/facts/Creative_director/hABEWIDx">creative director</a>'s head to what's on a disc? [...] As time went on I was more and more involved with the franchise, charting some of the aspects of its future. Not just writing on the games but overseeing the narrative elements of the brand as a whole," said May.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h4>Alice (2011-Present)</h4> <p>Alice was originally formed in 2011 by Yves Jacquier, Ubisoft's director of production services. Alice's main goal was to improve stories in Ubisoft games. "It is a resource composed of talent scouts, <a href="/facts/Motion_capture/vy5ab34S">motion capture</a> masters, research and development engineers, <a href="/facts/Sound_mixer/APIwbRBg">sound mixers</a> and narrative guides," reads a report from Alice.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>The first game to see significant support from Alice was <i><a href="/facts/Watch_Dogs_(video_game)/6Nf3QSLX">Watch Dogs</a>.</i> <a href="/facts/Michael_Mando/XpYJTC17">Michael Mando</a>, who played <a href="/facts/Vaas_(Far_Cry_3)/gf1TfENL">Vaas</a> in <i><a href="/facts/Far_Cry_3/gf1TfENL">Far Cry 3</a></i>, was also motion captured in Alice.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="video-games">Video games</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th rowspan="2">Title</th><th colspan="2">Credited as</th><th rowspan="2">Notes</th></tr><tr><th>Writer</th><th>Producer</th></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Yo, Tyrone</i></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Short film</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Prince_of_Persia:_Warrior_Within/P1Xhk8yy">Prince of Persia: Warrior Within</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2005</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Prince_of_Persia:_The_Two_Thrones/oGovCyJB">Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Battles_of_Prince_of_Persia/LfLbzpgu">Battles of Prince of Persia</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Stolen_(video_game)/RQpkdVrE">Stolen</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Plague_(2006_film)/UhESdBNB">The Plague</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Direct-to-video</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed_(video_game)/VI6EoPAa">Assassin's Creed</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Army_of_Two_(video_game)/t2r8zhY3">Army of Two</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2009</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Terminator_Salvation_(video_game)/mgwM6KYX">Terminator Salvation</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed_II/QMpKvJIv">Assassin's Creed II</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Brotherhood/390KrwxX">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Story</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Revelations/BSm1Mbw2">Assassin's Creed: Revelations</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Story</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Happy_Feet_Two/doaDPdbD">Happy Feet Two: Erik's Adventure</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>App</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2012</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed_III/dG2jJHnh">Assassin's Creed III</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Cartoon Universe</i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Online game</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Inversion_(video_game)/Fq1KpN0j">Inversion</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2013</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed_IV:_Black_Flag/AjMp5Pns">Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Script consultant</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Batman:_Arkham_Origins/0TuURoyg">Batman: Arkham Origins</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed_Syndicate/dFPl34kv">Assassin's Creed Syndicate</a></i></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Story</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="awards-and-nominations">Awards and nominations</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Award</th><th>Award category</th><th>Title of work</th><th>Result</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2010</td><td><a href="/facts/British_Academy_Video_Games_Awards/P4m5JpmM">British Academy Video Games Awards</a></td><td>Best Story (shared with Joshua Rubin and <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Yohalem/z1CtLwB2">Jeffrey Yohalem</a>)</td><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed_II/QMpKvJIv">Assassin's Creed II</a></i></td><td>Nominated</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award/5qbdxdTE">Writers Guild of America Award</a></td><td>Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing (shared with Joshua Rubin and <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Yohalem/z1CtLwB2">Jeffrey Yohalem</a>)</td><td>Nominated</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing (shared with <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Yohalem/z1CtLwB2">Jeffrey Yohalem</a> and <a href="/facts/Patrice_D%C3%A9silets/7pBeCkbD">Patrice Désilets</a>)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Brotherhood/390KrwxX">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</a></i></td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing (shared with <a href="/facts/Dooma_Wendschuh/B5PCk7a7">Dooma Wendschuh</a> and Ryan Galletta)</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Batman:_Arkham_Origins/0TuURoyg">Batman: Arkham Origins</a></i></td><td>Nominated</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1172727/">Corey May</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Video game writer Corey May is head writer for the "Assassin's Creed" franchise | Harvard Magazine". August 12, 2013. <a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/08/side-missions-engines-joysticks" target="_blank">https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/08/side-missions-engines-joysticks</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Video game writer Corey May is head writer for the "Assassin's Creed" franchise | Harvard Magazine". August 12, 2013. <a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/08/side-missions-engines-joysticks" target="_blank">https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/08/side-missions-engines-joysticks</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Hanson, Ben (April 17, 2013). "The Storyline of Batman: Arkham Origins". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130419122236/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/04/17/the-storyline-of-batman-arkham-origins.aspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130419122236/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/04/17/the-storyline-of-batman-arkham-origins.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Plante, Chris (February 7, 2013). "Alice: Ubisoft's plan to change storytelling in video games". Polygon. Retrieved September 3, 2021. <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry" target="_blank">https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Plante, Chris (February 7, 2013). "Alice: Ubisoft's plan to change storytelling in video games". Polygon. Retrieved September 3, 2021. <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry" target="_blank">https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Plante, Chris (February 7, 2013). "Alice: Ubisoft's plan to change storytelling in video games". Polygon. Retrieved September 3, 2021. <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry" target="_blank">https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Plante, Chris (February 7, 2013). "Alice: Ubisoft's plan to change storytelling in video games". Polygon. Retrieved September 3, 2021. <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry" target="_blank">https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Plante, Chris (February 7, 2013). "Alice: Ubisoft's plan to change storytelling in video games". Polygon. Retrieved September 3, 2021. <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry" target="_blank">https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Plante, Chris (February 7, 2013). "Alice: Ubisoft's plan to change storytelling in video games". Polygon. Retrieved September 3, 2021. <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry" target="_blank">https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/2/7/3960084/alice-ubisoft-storytelling-video-games-corey-may-assassins-creed-far-cry</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>