Josh Scherr is an American video game writer and designer best known for his work on the Uncharted series.
Education Josh Scherr received his Master of Fine Arts in Animation from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1997.
Career He worked on several films, including Los Gringos (1999) and Dinosaur (2000), before joining Naughty Dog in 2001. He worked as the cinematics animation lead on the Jak and Daxter series (2001–05), and also led the cinematics team for the first three Uncharted games from 2007 to 2011. He supervised and co-wrote the Uncharted comic book, released from 2011 to 2012. He has been a staff writer for Naughty Dog since early 2014, co-writing Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) with Neil Druckmann, and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017) with Shaun Escayg. On July 15, 2022, Scherr announced his departure from Naughty Dog after 21 years with the company. In October 2022, he announced he had joined new studio Crop Circle Games as narrative director; the studio was shuttered in March 2024. Under the name Cautionary Tales, Scherr provides writing and consultant work for games; his first credit was for Sleep Awake (2025), for which he honed the character development and narrative arcs.
Works Video games Year Game title Role 2001 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Cinematic animator 2003 Jak II Lead cinematic animator 2004 Jak 3 Lead cinematic animator 2005 Jak X: Combat Racing Lead cinematic animator 2006 Daxter Additional cut-scene animator 2007 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Co-writer, lead cinematic animator 2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Co-writer, lead cinematic animator 2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Lead cinematic animator 2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Co-writer 2017 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Co-writer 2020 The Last of Us Part II Narrative designer, additional writing 2025 Sleep Awake Narrative design consulting, additional writing
Other Year Game title Role Notes 1999 Los Gringos Animator Short film 2000 Dinosaur Animator Film 2000 "Californication" Animator Music video
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