Stefan Heinrich is an accomplished Art Director at Crytek with a career spanning over two decades in the gaming industry. Since December 2011, Stefan has contributed to the game "Hunt: Showdown." Previous roles include Lead Environment Artist, Senior Environment Artist, and Environment Artist at various companies from September 2010 to November 2011. Notably, at Acony Games from July 2007 to October 2010, Stefan served as Senior Character Artist/3D Artist, where responsibilities included producing character art and developing the character art pipeline. Earlier experiences include roles at Sixteen Tons Entertainment, where Stefan was a Texture Artist and Freelance Lead, and a Junior Creature/Prop Artist at Piranha Bytes. Beginning career steps were taken as a Junior Level Designer/Texture Artist at Sixteen Tons Entertainment. Stefan holds a degree from Hochschule Furtwangen, completed in 2007.