About the creator

Career

Programmer, Director, Game designer, Artist, Writer, Producer

Born

8 October 1981

Place of birth

Shanghai

Known games

9

Jenova Chen is a Chinese designer who studied interactive media at USC and briefly worked at Maxis before co-founding thatgamecompany with Kellee Santiago in 2006. He became the studio's creative director and has guided its focus on socially and emotionally driven online experiences.