Todd Howard (born April 25, 1971) is an American video game director, designer and producer. He currently serves as Game Director and Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios, where he has led the development of titles within the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls video game series. GamePro magazine named him to the Top 20 Most Influential People in Gaming over the last 20 years. He has also been named one of IGN’s Top Game Creators of All Time. He received one of the industry’s highest awards by being named Best Game Director by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences in 2012. In 2014 he received the Lara of Honor, Germany’s lifetime achievement award for gaming. Todd Howard is one of a small number of developers to have created three consecutive Game of the Year award winners with Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Skyrim.