Erik Wolpaw

American video game writer
Person human Q5388918
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Erik Wolpaw

Summary

Erik Wolpaw is a human[1]. His place of birth was United States[2]. He was born on +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a video game writer[4], screenwriter[5], and cinematographer[6]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month, #7,163 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Erik Wolpaw was born in United States[2].
  • Erik Wolpaw was born on +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Erik Wolpaw held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Erik Wolpaw's professions included video game writer[4].
  • Erik Wolpaw's professions included screenwriter[5].
  • Erik Wolpaw's professions included cinematographer[6].
  • Erik Wolpaw was employed by Valve Corporation[9].
  • Erik Wolpaw's image is recorded as Erik Wolpaw at GDC 2012.jpg[10].
  • Erik Wolpaw is recorded as male[11].
  • Erik Wolpaw's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Erik Wolpaw's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315939068[13].
  • Erik Wolpaw's IMDb ID is recorded as nm1916322[14].
  • Erik Wolpaw's Commons category is recorded as Erik Wolpaw[15].
  • Erik Wolpaw's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ctqcy[16].
  • Erik Wolpaw's family name is recorded as Wolpaw[17].
  • Erik Wolpaw's given name is recorded as Erik[18].
  • Erik Wolpaw's DBC author ID is recorded as 87097969755607[19].
  • Erik Wolpaw's Internet Game Database person ID is recorded as erik-wolpaw[20].
  • Erik Wolpaw's Europeana entity is recorded as agent/base/84713[21].
  • Erik Wolpaw's RAWG person ID is recorded as erik-wolpaw[22].
  • Erik Wolpaw's Kinobox person ID is recorded as 1305096[23].

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Origins and Family

Erik Wolpaw's place of birth was United States[2]. He was born on +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include video game writer[4], screenwriter[5], and cinematographer[6]. Erik Wolpaw was employed by Valve Corporation[9].

Why It Matters

Erik Wolpaw ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month, #7,163 of 1,000,298).[7]

Works attributed to him include Portal[24], a video game[25], written by him[26] and Psychonauts[27], a video game[28], written by Tim Schafer[29], directed by Tim Schafer[30].

FAQs

Where was Erik Wolpaw born?

Erik Wolpaw was born in United States[2].

What did Erik Wolpaw do for work?

Erik Wolpaw worked as video game writer[4], screenwriter[5], and cinematographer[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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