Christian Cantamessa (born October 4, 1976) is an Italian-American writer, director and video game creator best known as co-writer and director of Air, lead designer and co-writer of Red Dead Redemption and the Manhunt series and level designer on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He is also the Founder and CEO of Sleep Deprivation Lab which is a production company and video game consulting firm known for work on Rise of Tomb Raider, The Crew, Forza Horizon, Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. Cantamessa is currently working on multiple writing and directing projects in film, comic books and games.