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Gerard Guillemot. Producer: Assassin's Creed. Executive Vice President, Publishing, CEO of Ubisoft’s film business & Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Gérard Guillemot is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Longtail Studios, a company producing video games for family audiences.
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Gérard Jean Louis Guillemot is the founder of Ubisoft Mobile Games (2013), Guillemot Corp. SA (1997), and Longtail Studios, Inc. (2003). He is also the founder of Longtail Studios Halifax, Inc. Mr. Guillemot's current job (s) include Director & Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Assistance Matériel Avion SA, Director & Deputy Chief Executive ...
Gérard Guillemot is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Longtail Studios, a company producing video games for family audiences. In 2000, he founded Gameloft, which was then a pioneer in the development of online games.
- Ubisoft, But Not Quite
- A Longtail Union
- Longtail, Folded
- A Last Ditch Effort
- The Unionized Future
Longtail Studios was founded in 2003 by Ubisoft co-founder Gérard Guillemot. It was initially based in New York City, but soon after spun up two satellite studios: one in Quebec, and later, another one in Prince Edward Island, which eventually moved to Halifax. For the first five years of its existence, Longtail was a tiny studio of less than 100 e...
With poor working conditions, insufficient pay, a stressful environment, little transparency, and seemingly no change in sight, a handful of Longtail employees sought other solutions. In 2008, a pair of individuals began reaching out individually to their coworkers in an effort to convince them to start a union under Quebec’s Alliance de la Fonctio...
Officially, Lemire was fired for poor work performance, but its occurrence so soon after the television appearance and Longtail catching wind of his efforts was regarded as suspicious by everyone I spoke to. Initially, Lemire accepted his defeat quietly, but what happened the following month spurred him into further action. All throughout 2008, Lon...
But even after their efforts failed, Lemire, Perron, and several others rallied one last time to hold Ubisoft and Longtail accountable for their treatment of employees. When Lemire learned about the layoffs in the wake of his firing, he was inspired to try and rekindle the unionization flame, if not at Longtail, then elsewhere in the industry. So h...
The story of Longtail Studios is a sad one, and not exactly encouraging at a time when unionization efforts across gaming are ramping up as workers push for better conditions industry-wide. But one hopeful note that struck me while writing this was that despite their struggles and ultimate loss, my sources still fundamentally believed that games in...
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May 1, 2024 · Gerard Guillemot is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Longtail Studios, a company producing video games for family audiences. In 2000, he founded Gameloft, which was then a pioneer in the development of online games.
Gérard Guillemot is the President and CEO of Longtail Studios, which he founded in 2003. Longtail Studios develops console games for a family-oriented audience. In 2000, Gérard founded the game developer Gameloft, whose initial focus was to operate a platform for the emerging PC online gaming community.
Apr 19, 2016 · In a major shakeup, Gerard Guillemot has been named CEO of Ubisoft Motion Pictures, replacing Jean-Julien Baronnet. Guillemot is the brother of Ubisoft chairman Yves Guillemot.
