Tom Keegan, performance director (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Battlefield, Resident Evil 2 Remake).
About this episode
Tom Keegan discusses his extensive career as a performance director in video games and shares insights from his new book.
Tom Keegan is one of the leading performance directors in video games, whose career spans theatre, film, animation, and interactive entertainment. After starting out in the New York theatre scene, he worked in animation on Johnny Bravo , The Powerpuff Girls , and T he Woody Woodpecker Show , then moved into video games at a pivotal moment in the industry’s evolution. For the past two decades he has shaped performances for Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay , Battlefield , Resident Evil 2 , Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor , and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle . BAFTA -nominated for his work on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus , he now shares his experience in his new book T he Complete Guide to Videogame Performance Directing . Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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