Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II

Learn directly from the team at Naughty Dog about what it took to bring the acclaimed sequel The Last of Us Part II to life, with a new behind-the-scenes look at development.

Neil Druckmann

(Self - Director, Co-Writer, Vice President)

Kurt Margenau

(Self - Co-Game Director)

Anthony Newman

(Self - Co-Game Director)

Ashley Johnson

(Self - Voice & Motion Capture - 'Ellie')

Emilia Schatz

(Self - Lead Game Designer)

Shawn Layden

(Self - President and CEO, SCEA)

Halley Wegryn Gross

(Self - Narrative Lead / Co-Writer)

Troy Baker

(Self - Voice & Motion Capture - 'Joel')

Joe Pettinati

(Self - Lead Editor)

Izzy Fiacco

(Self - Game Designer)

Arnaldo Licea

(Self - Game Designer)

Patrick Goss

(Self - Lead Quality Assurance Tester)

Rob Krekel

(Self - Lead Audio)

Christian Gyrling

(Self - Programming Director)

Waylon Brinck

(Self - Technical Art Direction)

Sandeep Shekar

(Self - Lead Programmer)

Travis McIntosh

(Self - Programming Director)

Eben Cook

(Self - Lead Visual Effects Artist)

Frank Tzeng

(Self - Lead Character Artist)

Evan Wells

(Self - President)

Ashley Swidowski

(Self - Lead Character Concept Artist)

Laura Bailey

(Self - Voice & Motion Capture - 'Abby')

Sid Shuman

(Self)

Jim Ryan

(Self - President and CEO - Sony Interactive Entertainment)

MarlonGamingNation

(Self (archive footage))

O.C. Deidre

(Self (archive footage))

John Sweeney

(Self - Art Director)

Eric Baldwin

(Self - Lead Cinematic Animator)

Matt Neapolitan

(Self - Head of Cinematography)

Sam Prince

(Self - Associate Video Editor)

Daniel Harrison

(Self - Game Designer)

Artem Kovalovs

(Self - Programmer)

Jeremy Yates

(Self - Lead Animator)

Pete Ellis

(Self - Game Designer)

Michael Barclay

(Self - Game Designer)

Matthew Gallant

(Self - Lead Systems Designer)

Paul Lane

(Self - Accessibility Consultant)

Brandon Cole

(Self - Accessibility Consultant)

Ryan Chan

(Self - Cinematic Camera Animator)

Beau Anthony Jimenez

(Self - Sound Designer)

Eddie Vedder

(Self - Musician - Pearl Jam (archive footage))

Annie Wersching

(Tess (archive footage) (uncredited))

Geoff Keighley

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Pedro Pascal

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Bella Ramsey

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Craig Mazin

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Nick Offerman

(Bill (archive footage) (uncredited))

Murray Bartlett

(Frank (archive footage) (uncredited))

Storm Reid

(Riley Abel (archive footage) (uncredited))

Merle Dandridge

(Marlene (archive footage) (uncredited))

Nico Parker

(Sarah Miller (archive footage) (uncredited))

Shannon Woodward

(Self (uncredited))

Claudia Black

(Self (uncredited))