Sam Lake
Writer · Director · Creative Director
Sam Lake is the professional identity of Sami Järvi in Remedy Entertainment's public biographies. He is a video-game writer, director, and creative director.
Career
His first Remedy game contribution was writing text for Death Rally.
He was credited with the story and screenplay for Max Payne (2001).
By 2010, Lake had become Remedy's Creative Director.
Quantum Break (2016) was Lake's first big game in the Creative Director role.
Interesting Facts
- Lake supplied the graphic-novel likeness for the original Max Payne.
- The Max Payne 2 song “Late Goodbye” used lyrics based on a poem by Sam Lake.
