Stephen E. Dinehart
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Stephen E. Dinehart IV is an industry-leading game maker, screenwriter, and attraction designer working at the intersection of themed entertainment, spatial computing, and games. He built his first virtual world online in 1998, directing a cross-disciplined team to create "Paw Island", a transmedia edutainment property for clients in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Here almost 25 years later, after creating such projects as Super Nintendo World, Boomtown Fair, and Evermore Park, he's building his own with the team behind hits like D&D and E.T. the Ride, and his own project, Universal's Super Nintendo World which last month took Outstanding Achievement in a Theme Park Land & Outstanding Achievement in Technical Innovation from the Themed Entertainment Association. An Electronic Arts trained producer and scholar, he created the first Narrative Designer position with THQ in 2006. His works have generated billions of dollars, and range from major theme parks, immersive game-based theatrical experiences, VR/AR for location-based entertainment, mobile and AAA video games, to brand development for Toyota, NBC Universal, Saatchi & Saatchi, Warner Brothers, Marvel, and Nintendo. Dinehart has worked with over half of the top grossing franchises and characters of all time ranging from The Marvel Universe, The Matrix, Angry Birds, Harry Potter, Mario, Zelda, and Batman to Lord of the Rings.