Frank Lantz

Birth : 1963-12-17, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

History

Frank Lantz (December 17, 1963) is the Director of the New York University Game Center. For over 12 years, Lantz taught game design at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program and at the School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design. His writings on games, technology, and culture have appeared in a variety of publications. Also he co-founded the developer game studio area/code in 2005. His only acting job was in Troma's Redneck Zombies as Crazy Hitchhiker (1989).

Profile

Movies

AlphaGo

Himself

The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. Yet in 2016, Google's DeepMind team announced that they would be taking on Lee Sedol, the world's most elite Go champion. AlphaGo chronicles the team as it prepares to test the limits of its rapidly-evolving AI technology. The film pits man against machine, and reveals as much about the workings of the human mind as it does the future of AI.

The Surrounding Game

Himself

Born from the simplest rules, the ancient game of Go is the most complex and elegant game ever discovered. For thousands of years, masters and disciples have passed the game down as a window to the human mind. Now, for the first time, a group of Americans enter the ring, in search of a prodigy who will change the game forever.

Redneck Zombies

Crazy Hitchhiker

A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks from the liquor they produced turns into a zombie.