Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II

2024

2h 1m

8.1(10 votes)

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Overview

Learn directly from the team at Naughty Dog about what it took to bring the acclaimed sequel The Last of Us Part II to life, with a new behind-the-scenes look at development.

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53 members

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Neil Druckmann

Self - Director, Co-Writer, Vice President

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Kurt Margenau

Self - Co-Game Director

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Anthony Newman

Self - Co-Game Director

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Ashley Johnson

Self - Voice & Motion Capture - 'Ellie'

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Emilia Schatz

Self - Lead Game Designer

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Shawn Layden

Self - President and CEO, SCEA

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Halley Wegryn Gross

Self - Narrative Lead / Co-Writer

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Troy Baker

Self - Voice & Motion Capture - 'Joel'

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Joe Pettinati

Self - Lead Editor

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Izzy Fiacco

Self - Game Designer

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Arnaldo Licea

Self - Game Designer

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Patrick Goss

Self - Lead Quality Assurance Tester

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Rob Krekel

Self - Lead Audio

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Christian Gyrling

Self - Programming Director

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Waylon Brinck

Self - Technical Art Direction

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Sandeep Shekar

Self - Lead Programmer

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Travis McIntosh

Self - Programming Director

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Eben Cook

Self - Lead Visual Effects Artist

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Frank Tzeng

Self - Lead Character Artist

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Production

Evan Wells

Self - President

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Ashley Swidowski

Self - Lead Character Concept Artist

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Laura Bailey

Self - Voice & Motion Capture - 'Abby'

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Sid Shuman

Self

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Jim Ryan

Self - President and CEO - Sony Interactive Entertainment

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MarlonGamingNation

Self (archive footage)

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O.C. Deidre

Self (archive footage)

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John Sweeney

Self - Art Director

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Eric Baldwin

Self - Lead Cinematic Animator

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Matt Neapolitan

Self - Head of Cinematography

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Sam Prince

Self - Associate Video Editor

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Daniel Harrison

Self - Game Designer

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Artem Kovalovs

Self - Programmer

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Jeremy Yates

Self - Lead Animator

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Pete Ellis

Self - Game Designer

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Michael Barclay

Self - Game Designer

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Matthew Gallant

Self - Lead Systems Designer

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Paul Lane

Self - Accessibility Consultant

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Brandon Cole

Self - Accessibility Consultant

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Ryan Chan

Self - Cinematic Camera Animator

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Beau Anthony Jimenez

Self - Sound Designer

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Eddie Vedder

Self - Musician - Pearl Jam (archive footage)

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Annie Wersching

Tess (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Geoff Keighley

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Pedro Pascal

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Bella Ramsey

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Craig Mazin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Nick Offerman

Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Murray Bartlett

Frank (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Storm Reid

Riley Abel (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Merle Dandridge

Marlene (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Nico Parker

Sarah Miller (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Shannon Woodward

Self (uncredited)

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Claudia Black

Self (uncredited)

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