Age: 62
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Hideo Kojima is the creator, writer, director and producer of a number of hugely successful video games and is recognized as one of the most influential game designers in the industry. He began designing video games during a time when the medium was still relatively new, and many of his friends and colleagues discouraged him from exploring these untested waters. Although his early career was filled with rejected game ideas, he persevered against the naysayers and rose to become the Vice President of one of the largest game publishing companies in the world. He started his game design career with Konami and made his first breakthrough when he modified a combat title called ‘Metal Gear’ into a more stealth oriented game, marking the beginning of an entire new genre of game that focuses on planning, tactics and subterfuge rather than sheer force. Before his video game career took off, he was interested in writing and directing films, and this cinematic influence helped his games to inspire the next generation of designers in the relatively new world of video games. The cinematic cut scenes and intricate storytelling of his games encouraged many other designers to follow in his creative footsteps, and today the ‘Metal Gear’ series of games is one of the most financially successful video game franchises ever created.
In this reboot of the beloved Schmitmar universe, they take on a whole new medium: premium television. After the death of his brother Ben, Adriano Schmitmar finds himself in charge of a failing restaurant and having to bring it back up to speed himself. He works alongside his sister Molly Ringwald Schmitmar, his sous chef Tanya, as well as other deep and complex yet wacky side characters to make this restaurant into his dream spot “The Schmidt”. Can he do this will fighting his demons as well as the return of his non related cousin “Solid Schmidt” who was sent to stop the progress of the restaurant and eventually kill Adriano and Molly Ringwald due to their ties to the mob. *SPOILERS* By the end of this amazing season of television, Adriano found himself successfully finding enough funds to make the Schmidt the best restaurant in all of New Orleans…the problem is: it’s based in New York.
