Gary Whitta

Gary Whitta
Gary Whitta, January 28, 2012
Born	(1972-07-21) 21 July 1972 (age 44) Poplar, London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Author Screenwriter Video game designer
Years active	1990–present
Partner(s)	Leah Whitta
Children	1

Gary Leslie Whitta (born 21 July 1972) is an British-American screenwriter, author, game designer, and video game journalist. He is known as the former editor-in-chief of both the UK and US editions of PC Gamer magazine and contributor to gaming magazine ACE.

Whitta helped write the films The Book of Eli (2010), After Earth (2013) and Rogue One (2016).

Whitta was born and raised in Poplar, London.

Whitta began his career as a writer and games journalist for ACE magazine. When ACE closed down in 1992, he became deputy editor of The One for Amiga Games and was involved with founding the original PC Gamer magazine in the UK. He subsequently served as the editor of Total Football. A few years later, he moved to the United States to become editor-in-chief of the newer, US version, of PC Gamer. He left the magazine in early 2000, but continued to write columns for the publication.

Besides his involvement setting up PC Gamer, Whitta has a long history of involvement with print and online magazines of all kinds. ACE magazine was owned by UK publisher Future Publishing, and in early 2000 Whitta worked with Future to establish a film magazine, Total Movie magazine. Due to financial difficulties at the publisher, Total Movie was canceled after only four issues in early 2001.

While no longer managing or editing, Whitta still contributes game reviews and opinion pieces for a number of gaming publications. His articles can be found in various places, including PC Gamer and 1UP. He also shows up in industry podcasts, for example with Tested.com, PC Gamer and Next Generation.

In addition to contributing to periodicals, Whitta has written a number of screenplays and TV episodes. A partial list, including the text of those which were not picked up, could at one time be found on his homepage. Included among them are both film scripts and TV episodes for Star Trek: Voyager and Futurama.