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Leslie Benzies

Leslie Peter Benzies (born 17 January 1971) is a Scottish video game producer and founder of the gaming studio Build a Rocket Boy. He is the former president of Rockstar North, a subsidiary of Rockstar Games, and the lead producer on the Grand Theft Auto series from Grand Theft Auto III to Grand Theft Auto V (including Grand Theft Auto Online). Benzies left Rockstar in 2016 and was involved in a lawsuit with its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, over unpaid royalties from April 2016 to February 2019.

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Born
Leslie Peter Benzies (1971-01-17) 17 January 1971 (age 54)Aberdeen, Scotland
Occupations
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Years active
1995–present
Children
1
Awards
AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2014)

Tables

· Works
1998
1998
Year
1998
Game title
Space Station Silicon Valley
Role
Lead programmer
2001
2001
Year
2001
Game title
Grand Theft Auto III
Role
Producer
2002
2002
Year
2002
Game title
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Role
Producer
2003
2003
Year
2003
Game title
Manhunt
Role
Producer, development director
2004
2004
Year
2004
Game title
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Role
Producer
2005
2005
Year
2005
Game title
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Role
Producer
2006
2006
Year
2006
Game title
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Role
Producer
2007
2007
Year
2007
Game title
Manhunt 2
Role
Producer
2008
2008
Year
2008
Game title
Grand Theft Auto IV
Role
Producer
2009
2009
Year
2009
Game title
Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned
Role
Producer
2009
2009
Year
2009
Game title
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Role
Producer
2009
2009
Year
2009
Game title
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Role
Producer
2010
2010
Year
2010
Game title
Red Dead Redemption
Role
Executive producer, lead designer
2011
2011
Year
2011
Game title
L.A. Noire
Role
Executive producer
2012
2012
Year
2012
Game title
Max Payne 3
Role
Executive producer
2013
2013
Year
2013
Game title
Grand Theft Auto V
Role
Producer, game designer
2025
2025
Year
2025
Game title
MindsEye
Role
Game director
TBA
TBA
Year
TBA
Game title
Everywhere
Role
Designer, director
Year
Game title
Role
1998
Space Station Silicon Valley
Lead programmer
2001
Grand Theft Auto III
Producer
2002
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Producer
2003
Manhunt
Producer, development director
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Producer
2005
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Producer
2006
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Producer
2007
Manhunt 2
Producer
2008
Grand Theft Auto IV
Producer
2009
Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned
Producer
2009
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Producer
2009
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Producer
2010
Red Dead Redemption
Executive producer, lead designer
2011
Noire
Executive producer
2012
Max Payne 3
Executive producer
2013
Grand Theft Auto V
Producer, game designer
2025
MindsEye
Game director
TBA
Everywhere
Designer, director

References

  1. Polygon
    http://www.polygon.com/2016/4/14/11428072/the-great-grand-theft-auto-lawsuit-explained
  2. "D.I.C.E Special Awards"
    http://www.interactive.org/special_awards/details.asp?idSpecialAwards=29
  3. Sunday Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20141008211555/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article89185.ece
  4. BAFTA
    http://awards.bafta.org/award/2005/games/special-award
  5. "Rockstar North chief buys St Stephen's Church"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140630005342/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/rockstar-north-chief-buys-st-stephen-s-church-1-3458879
  6. "St Stephen's Church – future now assured"
    http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2014/06/st-stephens-church-future-now-assured/
  7. Kotaku
    https://kotaku.com/rockstar-north-boss-leslie-benzies-is-out-after-nearly-1752495562
  8. The Scotsman
    https://www.scotsman.com/future-scotland/tech/grand-theft-auto-mastermind-leslie-benzies-launches-new-companies-1-4345247
  9. General Apprenticeship
    http://www.apprenticeship.ie
  10. "Benzies v Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc"
    https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-first-department/2018/651920-16-5396-5395.html
  11. GamesIndustry.biz
    https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-04-09-former-gta-producer-suffers-setback-in-usd150m-lawsuit-against-take-two
  12. GamesIndustry.biz
    https://www.gamesindustry.biz/former-rockstar-producer-leslie-benzies-raises-usd40-8m-toward-new-game
  13. "LESLIE BENZIES, Plaintiff, v. TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, ROCKSTAR GAMES, INC., ROCKSTARNORTH LTD., DAN HOUSER, and SAM HOUSER, Defendants"
    https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=idJ7VgKR6m8lEPirJiLa/g==
  14. Build a Rocket Boy
    https://www.buildarocketboy.com/
  15. The Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/tech-top-100-entrepreneurs-2020-uk/
  16. IGN
    https://www.ign.com/articles/hitman-dev-io-interactive-teaming-with-ex-gta-producers-studio-to-publish-mindseye-working-on-plans-to-announce-release-date
  17. "Leslie Benzies Video Game Credits and Biography"
    https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,50586/
  18. gamesradar
    http://www.gamesradar.com/top-7-ways-grand-theft-auto-iii-changed-face-gaming/
  19. Digital Trends
    http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/exploring-grand-theft-auto-vice-citys-lasting-impact-on-gamer-culture-with-rockstars-leslie-benzies/
  20. IGN
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121116000222/http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/13/grand-theft-auto-vs-unseen-mastermind
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