Sparth

Sparth has been an author, Artistic Director and Concept Designer in the video gaming industry since 1996. Born in France, he now lives in Seattle, Washington. Currently Art Director for Halo 5 at Microsoft.

After having worked for 6 years in Darkworks Studio, the Paris based game studio responsible of Alone in the Dark 4 in 2001, he decided to leave Paris for Montreal in 2003 to join Ubisoft on their ongoing projects, Prince of Persia - Warrior Within, as well as Assassin's Creed. He then left Montreal for Texas in October 2005, where he spent more than three years working for IDsoftware in Dallas. Finally, in January 2009, he joined Microsoft to participate to the future HALO adventures with 343 Industries, the Microsoft studio taking care of the Halo franchise. He is currently the Art Director of Halo 5:Guardians, the next installment to the popular series.

Sparth has contributed to the development of multiple games and books since 1997, including Alone in the dark 4 (2001), Cold Fear (2005), Prince of Persia - Warrior Within (2004), Assassin's Creed (2007), Rage (2011), and Halo 4 (2012). He has also published more than 90 book covers in France, Canada, and the United States.