Andrew Maximov

Andrew Maximov (born 1990) is a video game art director and the founder of Promethean AI, an artificial intelligence company that democratizes virtual world creation, headquartered in Los Angeles.https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/10/promethean-ai-lets-neophytes-use-their-voice-to-create-amazing-game-environments-in-minutes/
== Early life ==
Maximov was born in 1990 in Minsk, Belarus. He has grown up playing video games since early age. At the age of 18 he dropped out of Belarusian State University to make video games professionally.https://synstudio.libsyn.com/episode-10-andrew-maximovhttps://www.forbes.com/profile/andrew-maximov/#22e86e402e07
== Career ==
In 2008, at the age of 18, Maximov started working at Wargaming.net as a 3D computer graphics artist, working on Square Enix published real-time strategy Order of War, and then transitioning to being one the first artists on the Massively Multiplayer Online Game World of Tanks.
From there he worked with Gameloft Montreal and Kixeye in San Francisco, before arriving at Naughty Dog.https://3dtotal.com/news/interviews/naughty-dog-senior-artist-interview-andrew-maximov-by-3dtotal-staff-interview#article-naughty-dog-senior-artist-andrew-maximo There he worked on titles like Uncharted 4, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and The Last of Us: Part II.https://www.forbes.com/profile/andrew-maximov/#1331f9ad2e07
In 2018 Maximov founded Promethean AI, an artificial intelligence company focused on supporting artists.https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-23-promethean-aihttps://venturebeat.com/2018/07/18/promethean-ai-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-help-artists-fill-out-game-worlds/
== Educational work ==
Maximov is actively involved in education often giving lectures in the United States at events like Game Developers Conferencehttps://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/295697/Video_Naughty_Dogs_guide_to_the_future_of_game_art_production.php where he also co-runs the Art Direction Summithttps://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AndrewMaximov/20170223/292259/Art_Direction_Bootcamp_An_expert_roundtable_QA.php and internationally, having lectured in Swedenhttps://liu.se/en/news-item/liu-game-conference-vaxer-for-varje-ar-, Italyhttps://www.stateofartacademy.com/en/adx-interview-with-andrew-maximov-promethean-ai/ South Koreahttp://company.nexon.com/pr/7729, Japanhttps://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2018/session/detail/s5afeaf4ee5d21.html, Polandhttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-24-technology-is-going-to-help-us-define-art-says-former-naughty-dog-art-directorhttps://80.lv/articles/fostering-a-progressive-team-culture-model/, Bulgariahttps://www.chaosgroup.com/blog/andrew-maximov-promethean-ai and Ugandahttps://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1514926/embrace-animation-industry-youth-told among others.
He has also published articles in the Game Developer Magazinehttps://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/GD_Mag_Archives/GDM_March_2013.pdf and released an educational DVD on Shader Production in 2012.https://www.amazon.com/UDK-Shader-Production-Eat-3D/dp/B00JRWBQL4
== Awards and nominations ==
Maximov has been included in the Develop (magazine) 2014 30 Under 30 listhttps://www.mcvuk.com/development-news/30-under-30-2014/ as well 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list.https://www.forbes.com/profile/andrew-maximov/#1331f9ad2e07
The titles he worked on received high accolades across the industry and were a big economic success. His personal art has been highly praised by the industry media as well.https://www.dualshockers.com/naughty-dog-hires-extremely-talented-artist-for-uncharted-4-check-out-his-awesome-artwork/https://80.lv/articles/uncharted-4-artist-talks-beauty-in-games/
== Titles released ==
Year	Title 	Studio 	Role
2009	Order of War 	Wargaming.net 	3d Artist
2010	World of Tanks 	Wargaming.net 	3d Artist
2012	Natural Selection II 	Unknown Worlds Entertainment	Additional 3D Artist
2012	Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour	Gameloft 	Environment Artist
2016	Uncharted 4 	Naughty Dog 	Lead Technical Environment Artist
2017	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy	Naughty Dog 	Technical Art Director
2020	The Last of Us Part II 	Naughty Dog 	
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* Andrew Maximov on linkedin
* Andrew Maximov - Forbes
* Andrew Maximov youtube channel
* Andrew Maximov - ArtStation
* Andrew Maximov artisverb
* Andrew Maximov on twitter
* Andrew Maximov - 80 Level
* Andrew Maximov - Trojan Horse was a Unicorn
* Andrew Maximov - CEO, Founder @ Promethean AI, LLC 
* Andrew Maximov on facebook
* Andrew Maximov | LiU Game Conference
* Schedule | GDC 2020 | Andrew Maximov
* Andrew Maximov — Promethean AI | Chaos Group
Category:Living people
Category:1990 births
Category:Artists from Santa Monica, California
Category:Video game artists
Category:Belarusian State University alumni
Category:Entrepreneurs
Category:Computer programmers