Michael Gibson(XI)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Michael Gibson studied architecture and made several award-winning
films including Defy Gravity (1990), When Edgar Returns (1987) and The
Bellringer (1993. Gibson co-founding Zapdramatic in 2000 with
negotiation experts Allan Stitt and Frank Handy. Zapdramatic produces
serious games and simulations for entertainment and life skills
development. Zapdramatic is a winner of the Canadian New Media Award
for Excellence in Learning (Professionalism and Ethics Simulation) and
the Vortex prize at the McLuhan International Festival of the Future
(Move or Die ). Zapdramatic was named an Official Honoree at the 2009
Webby Awards for Michael Gibson's anti-bullying game, Sir Basel Pike
Public School. Michael Gibson is frequently invited to speak on serious
game design and interactive drama.
