Richard Hilleman
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Richard Hilleman is an American
Hilleman joined Electronic Arts in 1982, and was employee number 39. After several years working with producers and teams in a variety of roles (including
In 1990, he was the producer of John Madden Football for the fast-growing Sega Genesis, a game developed by Troy Lyndon and Michael Knox of Park Place Productions, and co-designed by Scott Orr, the game that we still recognize today as Madden Football, the best-selling title in the history of games in North America.
A team member of the Madden team, Scott Orr joined Hilleman later at EA full-time in 1991 where both Hilleman and Orr were promoted to senior management roles in EA product development over the following few years. Hilleman was later named Vice President in charge of Production for the company. An avid hockey player during his youth in
Rich Hilleman worked for Electronic Arts as Chief Creative Officer until May, 2016.[1] He also serves on the board of directors of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.[2]
References
- ^ "EA chief creative director, Richard Hilleman, departs after 33 years". 18 May 2016.
- ^ "IGN - 15. Richard Hilleman". IGN. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
External links
- Hilleman's rap sheet at MobyGames; note that it is number 8 in the serial Moby system
- Hruby, Patrick (2010-08-05). "The Franchise". ESPN. Retrieved 23 January 2015.