Cory Barlog

Cory Barlog (born September 2, 1975) is the creative director of American film studio Santa Monica Studio. He is a film director and writer, known for his work on God of War (2005), God of War II, and God of War (2018).

Biography
Barlog is the son of fantasy novelist J. M. Barlog who wrote the novelization for the 2018 God of War film, for which Cory wrote the foreword.

After joining Santa Monica, Barlog was the editor for God of War (2005), and was director of God of War II. He also served as director of God of War III for the first eight months of its development.

He was a keynote speaker at ECAROcon 2008 in Syracuse, New York and later worked at LucasArts. In an interview with website Mega64 he announced that one title he was working on was Mad Max: Fury Road. He was reported to be in Sweden to develop the title with Avalanche Studios, best known for the Just Cause series. A few years later, various filming websites confirmed the title being in development but Barlog left Avalanche Studios when the title was still in early development.

In March 2012, it was announced that Barlog joined Crystal Dynamics to work on the new Tomb Raider film and go on to direct an unannounced game. Barlog left the company in April 2013.

In August 2013, it was announced that Barlog would return to Santa Monica Studio. There, Barlog serves as creative director for the studio, and directed 2018's God of War, for which he won the Åcademy Award for Best Director and the overall Academy Award for Best Picture at the 22nd Academy Awards ceremony.