Chris Darril
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| Chris Darril | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 13, 1989 Italy |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Italian |
| 💼 Occupation | Director, writer, videogame designer |
| 📆 Years active | 2011–present |
| Title | Co-founder and Director |
Chris Darril (born April 13, 1989), nickname of Mario Christopher Alberto Valenti, is an Italian writer, director, artist and game designer, best known for his work on Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Remothered: Broken Porcelain, Forgotten Memories: Alternate Realities and NightCry. He's Co-Founder & Director at Remothered SRL and Darril Arts SRL.
Career[edit]
His indie series Remothered, a clear homage to The Silence of the Lambs (film), was listed among GameSpot's "scariest games of all time".[1] With Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Darril gained the "Best Writing in a Drama" nomination at the NAVGTR 2019 concurring with God of War (2018 video game) and Spider-Man (2018 video game)[2] and, despite being "just" a video game, was also prized as the Best Animated Feature Film at Oniros Film Awards 2019.[3] At Gamescom 2019 announced Remothered: Broken Porcelain, a new segment to the acclaimed saga universe, released on October 13 for all the game platforms.
On July 22, 2018, three days prior to Remothered: Tormented Fathers' console release, Keiichiro Toyama, creator of the Silent Hill (video game) series and Forbidden Siren, expressed his admiration for Remothered and hoped to collaborate with Chris Darril.[4][5][6]
In 2019 he has been nominated academy member at the BAFTA Awards and juror.[7] Starting as concept artist, game designer and art director, was co-director of CVA nominee Forgotten Memories: Alternate Realities and nominated member and teacher of the scientific academy board committee for IUDAV: Institute of University Digital Animation and Videogame, his career includes experiences of work with Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On/The Grudge), Masahiro Ito (Silent Hill), Nobuko Toda (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Halo 5: Guardians), Kiyoshi Arai (Final Fantasy), Digital Happiness (DreadOut), Microids (Syberia, Still Life) and Dreampainters LTD (Anna) but was also and mainly involved into cinema productions with Rai Cinema and in different events in Cinecittà (Rome), including one as special guest together with Gabriele Mainetti, writer and director of They Call Me Jeeg and Freaks Out.
Nominated New Media Art Director for the Pop Festival in Catania, Etna Comics (focusing on New Media in general: from TV series to films and video games) with honor guests of the caliber of Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill), Hidetaka Suehiro (Deadly Premonition), Tony Bancroft (Beauty and the Beast), Charles Cecil (Broken Sword), Jihuyin Park and Shiyoon Kim (Frozen) and many others.[8]
On January 8, 2021 announced the graphic novel based on 'Remothered franchise, released on January 29 on Steam, GOG.com and named Remothered: A Lamb to the Slaughter - Book 1.[9][10]
On January 14, 2021 he was nominated member of scientific committee of SIG-IGDA, International Game Developers Association[11]
On social and IMDb it has been revealed that he is now working on an new film project named My Horrible Guests together with John Ottman, Academy Awards winner Best Achievement in Editing for Bohemian Rhapsody.[12]
In March 2021, his short movie Before Saying Goodbye, also included as special unlockable easter egg in Remothered: Broken Porcelain, was awarded for Best Director in a Short Movie and also nominated for Best Director at Oniros Film Awards in New York.[13]
Awards and Acollades[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Rely On Horror | Game of the Year | Nominated | [14][15] |
| Community's Game of the Year | Won | |||
| 2020 | Game Legends Awards | Best Italian Game | Won | [16] |
| 2020 | DStars Awards | Art & Animation Star | Nominated | [17] |
| 2019 | NAVGTR Awards | Best Writing in a Drama | Nominated | [18] |
| 2019 | Italian Video Game Awards | Best Italian Game | Won | [19] |
| Best Italian Debut Game | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | DStars Awards | Game of the Year | Won | [20] |
| 2018 | Global Music Awards | Best Video Game Music | Won | [21] |
| 2018 | Eurogamer | Best Indie Game | Won | [22] |
| Best Italian Game | Won | |||
| 2018 | The Games Machine | Best Horror Game | Won | [23] |
| Best Italian Game | Won | |||
| 2019 | Oniros Film Awards | Best Animation | Won | [3] |
| Best Song | Nominated | |||
| October
2018 |
Oniros Film Awards | Best Animation | Won | [24] |
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| Best Video Game Trailer | Won | |||
| Best Song | Won | |||
| Best Poster | Won | |||
| 2018 | Rely On Horror | Game of the Year | Won | [25][26] |
| Community's Game of the Year | Won | |||
| 2018 | SH Downloads | Horror Game of the Year | Won | [27] |
| 2019 | Game Legends Awards | Best Italian Game | Won | [28] |
| 2019 | Catania Film Fest | Gold Elephant World | Won | [29] |
Works and projects[edit]
- Releasya (2011)
- Wretcher (2011)
- Remothered (Prototype) (2012)
- DreadOut (2013)
- Midway - Tra la vita e la morte (Film) (2013)
- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition (2014)
- Project Scissors: NightCry (Short film) (2015)
- La Banda dei Supereroi (Film) (2014)
- Forgotten Memories: Alternate Realities (2015)
- VirtualErotico (Book) (2015) [30]
- Lacrime di San Lorenzo (Film) (2015)
- Dracula: Resurrection: Collection (2016)
- NightCry (2015)
- Remothered: Tormented Fathers (2018)
- White Heaven (TBA)
- Remothered: Broken Porcelain (2020)
- Remothered: Double Pack (2020)
- Before Saying Goodbye (Short film) (2020)
- Remothered: A Lamb to the Slaughter - Book 1 (Graphic Novel) (2021)
- Remothered: Capitolo 3 (TBA)
- My Horrible Guests (Film) (TBA) [31]
- Unnamed Horror Project (TBA)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Scariest Games Of All Time - Remothered: Tormented Fathers". Gamespot.
- ↑ https://navgtr.org/2018-awards/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://onirosfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/07/ONIROS_ANNUAL_2019b.pdf
- ↑ 外山圭一郎 (22 July 2018). "Chris-san, I fell in love with the upcoming survival horror game Remothered and its story. It would be wonderful if we could do something together someway. @chrisdarrilpic.twitter.com/1HSTemIPhQ". twitter.com. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ "Guess who spoke about Remothered: Tormented Fathers". remothered.com. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ Zibbo, Matteo (24 July 2018). "Keiichiro Toyama vorrebbe collaborare con i creatori di Remothered: Tormented Fathers". eurogamer.it. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ https://www.bafta.org/about/membership/2019-full-list
- ↑ "Il successo degli Etna Comics Awards". June 8, 2019.
- ↑ "The first graphic novel based on the Remothered series will be out on January 29th!". January 8, 2021.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chrisdarril/status/1347683996214419456?s=19
- ↑ "Chris Darril on LinkedIn: So proud and honored to announce to you that I'm officially a member". www.linkedin.com.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653211/
- ↑ https://onirosfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/03/WINNERS-OFANY-February-2021.pdf
- ↑ =https://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/site-news-patreon/rely-on-horrors-2020-game-of-the-year-nominees/
- ↑ "Rely on Horror's 2020 Community Game of the Year is...Remothered: Broken Porcelain". www.relyonhorror.com.
- ↑ "Game Legends Awards 2020: scopriamo tutti i vincitori dei premi". December 31, 2020.
- ↑ "ART & ANIMATION STAR 2020". www.dstars.it.
- ↑ "Nominee List for 2018". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Italian Video Game Awards - IVGA". https://italianvideogameawards.com/awards. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); External link in|website=(help) - ↑ "GAME OF THE YEAR". www.dstars.it.
- ↑ "Global Music Awards - Music Competition". www.globalmusicawards.com.
- ↑ "Eurogamer Awards 2018 feature - Remothered: Tormented Fathers". Eurogamer.
- ↑ "TGM Awards 2018: l'elenco di tutti i vincitori". 22 December 2018.
- ↑ https://onirosfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/11/ONIROS_OCTOBER_2018.pdf
- ↑ "Rely On Horror's 2018 Game Of The Year Is ... Remothered: Tormented Fathers - Rely on Horror". www.relyonhorror.com.
- ↑ "Rely on Horror's 2018 Community Game of the Year is ... Remothered: Tormented Fathers - Rely on Horror". www.relyonhorror.com.
- ↑ Orsetti, Florencia. "Lunatika´s Choice: Remothered — Mejor juego de horror de 2018".
- ↑ "Game Legends Italian Awards 2018: le premiazioni tutte italiane". December 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Manuela Ventura, Francesco Foti, Alfredo Lo Piero e Chris Darril al Catania Film Fest 2019". March 20, 2019.
- ↑ "VirtualErotico. Sesso, pornografia ed erotismo nei videogiochi - Luca Papale - Francesco Alinovi - Libro - Unicopli - Ludologica | IBS". www.ibs.it.
- ↑ "My Horrible Guests" – via IMDb.
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