Monkey Island Co-Creator to Receive BAFTA's Highest Accolade

Tim Schafer will receive the BAFTA Fellowship in April.

The Fellowship is the highest accolade from BAFTA and recognises "an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television," by an individual. Previous recipients from the industry include Shigeru Miyamoto, John Carmack, Gabe Newell, and Peter Molyneux.

“I am surprised, humbled, and honored to be receiving the BAFTA Fellowship this year," said Schafer. "BAFTA's long-standing support of video games and championing of creativity and strong storytelling in that medium, have had an extremely positive impact and I'm very grateful to be recognized by them with this Fellowship.”

Schafer is best known for his work at LucasArts, where he worked on the Monkey Island series with Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman. Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango were his other contributions to the studio's impressive lineup.

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