About J. T. Petty
Born 1977. J. T. Petty is an American film director, screenwriter and video game writer.
J. T. Petty (born February 28, 1977) is an American filmmaker and video game writer. Petty's film and short novels contain elements of the horror genre. As writer for the Ubisoft video games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and its sequel Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Petty created the character Sam Fisher. He also wrote the survival horror games Outlast, Outlast 2 and The Outlast Trials.
Filmography Film Year TitleDirectorWriterProducer Notes 2001 Soft for Digging Also editor 2003 Mimic 3: Sentinel Direct-to-video 2006 S&Man 2008 The Burrowers 2009 Blood Red Earth Short film 2012 Hellbenders 2016 Gone
Other credits Year Title Role1999 Final Rinse Production coordinator Wirey Spindell Office production assistant 2000 Hamlet Additional production assistant 2007 Murder PartySpecial thanks 2009 The House of the Devil 2013 I Used to Be Darker 2021 Malignant Uncredited script work
Television Year TitleDirectorWriterExecutiveProducer Notes 2011 Stake Land: Origins Episode "Sister"2015 Death Battle Episode "Solid Snake VS Sam Fisher" Credited as Creator of Sam Fisher. Brooklyn Animal Control 2024 Secret Level Wrote 4 episodes
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Who is J. T. Petty?
American film director
When was J. T. Petty born?
J. T. Petty was born on 28 February 1977 in Raleigh.
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J. T. Petty is a film director, screenwriter and video game writer.
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J. T. Petty is American.
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