Katherine Anna Kang
Born	(1970-12-15) December 15, 1970 (age 54)
Occupation(s)	Founder and CEO of Fountainhead Entertainment
Spouse	John D. Carmack (m. 2000; div. 2021)
Children	2

Katherine Anna Kang (born December 15, 1970) is an American video game designer.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

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In 2000, as founder and CEO of Fountainhead Entertainment, she championed machinima and became known as one of machinima's biggest supporters.^[4] Through Fountainhead Entertainment, she produced, wrote, and directed a variety of machinima pieces and co-founded the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences.^[5] In Machinima For Dummies, the machinima piece Anna is mentioned as "…one of the top ten list of every prominent machinima maker in the world."

While at Fountainhead Entertainment, Kang produced and designed mobile games for id Software.^[6] Mobile game titles Doom RPG and the Orcs & Elves series were heralded as some of the best mobile games of their time.^{[by whom?]} Orcs & Elves was eventually ported to the Nintendo DS with Kang producing and designing.

In 2000, Kang wrote, directed, and produced the documentary Gamers. The documentary included interviews from video gaming luminaries, with a brief focus on history and predictive trends. The documentary was released in limited distribution throughout Europe and the US in 2001.

Formerly, Kang was the Director of Business Development for id Software where she worked on Quake III Arena and various mission packs and Quake II ports.^[7] In 2008, she returned to id Software as President of id Mobile where she produced and designed Wolfenstein RPG and Doom II RPG.^[8] She also produced the iPhone-only game Doom Resurrection. A 2014 article listed her as a "former director of business development at id Software", following her husband's departure from id in 2013.^[9]

Kang is also co-founder of Armadillo Aerospace.^[10]

Personal life

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Kang married computer programmer and businessman John Carmack in January 2000.^[11] In August 2004, Kang gave birth to their first son, Christopher Ryan.^[12] Their second son was born in November 2009. Due to her involvement with id Software and John Carmack, she was mentioned in the final chapters of Masters of Doom. The couple divorced in 2021.

Awards

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Through Fountainhead Entertainment, Kang has won the following awards:

AMAS Best Technical Achievement for Anna
AMAS Best Direction for In The Waiting Line
IGN.com Adventure Game of the Year for Doom RPG
1UP.com Mobile Game of the Year for Doom RPG
Gamespot's Mobies Mobile Game of the Year for Doom RPG
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Best Cell Game for Orcs & Elves
IGN.com Best of E3 – Best Wireless RPG for Orcs & Elves
IGN.com Best Wireless Story for Orcs & Elves
Leipzig Game Convention Best Mobile Game for Orcs & Elves

Machinima

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Fountainhead's machinima include the award-winning short Anna; In The Waiting Line, aired on MTV; Game Over, aired on UPN; and Sidrial released via Fileplanet.

Games

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References

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Further reading

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Hugh Hancock and Johnnie Ingram (2007). Machinima for Dummies, New Jersey: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 978-0-470-09691-8.
Holly Cefrey (2008). Career Building through Machinima, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4042-1358-6.

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id Software (games)

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Current	Kevin Cloud Robert Duffy
Former	John Carmack John Romero Adrian Carmack Tom Hall Mark Rein Sandy Petersen Dave Taylor American McGee Tim Willits Mike Wilson Michael Abrash Jennell Jaquays Graeme Devine Todd Hollenshead Timothee Besset Katherine Anna Kang Matthew Costello

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