Fumito Ueda

Fumito Ueda (上田 文人, Ueda Fumito) is a Japanese video game designer. Ueda is best known as the director and lead designer of Ico (2001), Shadow of the Colossus (2005), and The Last Guardian (2016). His games have achieved cult status and are distinguished by their economy of plot and scenario, use of overexposed, desaturated light, fictional languages, and minimal dialogue. He has been described by some as a video game auteur.