Katherine Anna Kang

Katherine Anna Kang appears at left, with Trent Reznor and then-husband John Carmack.

Katherine Anna Kang (born December 15, 1970) is an American businesswoman and machinima film producer.^[1]^[2]^[3] She is notable within the context of Doom for founding Fountainhead Entertainment and aiding in the creation of the Doom RPG series of games.

Career[edit]

In 2000, as founder and CEO of Fountainhead Entertainment, she championed machinima and became known as one of machinima’s biggest supporters.^[4] Through Fountainhead Entertainment, she produced, wrote, and directed a variety of machinima pieces and co-founded the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences.^[5] In Machinima For Dummies, the machinima piece Anna is mentioned as “… one of the top ten list of every prominent machinima maker in the world.”

While at Fountainhead Entertainment, Kang produced and designed mobile games for id Software,^[6] in particular Doom RPG and the Orcs & Elves series. Orcs & Elves was eventually ported to the Nintendo DS, with Kang producing and designing.

Formerly, Kang was the Director of Business Development for id Software where she worked on Quake III Arena and various mission packs, as well as Quake II ports.^[7] In 2008, she returned to id Software as President of id Mobile where she produced and designed Wolfenstein RPG and Doom II RPG.^[8] She also produced the iPhone-only game Doom Resurrection. A 2014 article listed her as a "former director of business development at id Software", following her husband's departure from id in 2013.^[9]

Personal life[edit]

Kang married computer programmer and businessman John Carmack in January 2000^[10] in Hawaii.^[11] In August 2004, Kang gave birth to their first son, Christopher Ryan.^[12] Their second son was born in November 2009. Due to her involvement with id Software and John Carmack, she was mentioned in the final chapters of Masters of Doom. According to social media posts by John, the couple separated some time during 2021 and are now divorced.^[13]

Awards[edit]

Through Fountainhead Entertainment, Kang has won the following awards:

AMAS Best Technical Achievement for Anna
AMAS Best Direction for In The Waiting Line
IGN.com Adventure Game of the Year for Doom RPG
1UP.com Mobile Game of the Year for Doom RPG
Gamespot’s Mobies Mobile Game of the Year for Doom RPG
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Best Cell Game for Orcs & Elves
IGN.com Best of E3 – Best Wireless RPG for Orcs & Elves
IGN.com Best Wireless Story for Orcs & Elves
Leipzig Game Convention Best Mobile Game for Orcs & Elves

Games[edit]

Quake II (1997)
Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999)
Quake III Arena (1999)
Doom RPG (2005)
Orcs & Elves (2006)
Orcs & Elves (2007), for Nintendo DS
Orcs & Elves II (2007)
Wolfenstein RPG (2008)
Doom Resurrection (2009)
Doom II RPG (2009)

Trivia[edit]

Anna's name is mentioned as a minor character in Doom RPG, where a computer terminal lists a message from an "A. Kang".

Sources[edit]

This article incorporates text from the open-content Wikipedia online encyclopedia article Katherine Anna Kang.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "Orcs & Elves DS Developer Diary #1." vgblogger.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
↑ (12 August 2005). "Independent film makers see market in machinima." money.cnn.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
↑ "Orcs & Elves." Gamefaqs.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
↑ http://www.machinima.com/article/view&id=383.. (archived 🏛). Retrieved 23 February 2010.
↑ Andy Clarke and Grethe Mitchell (eds.) (15 March 2005). "Videogames and Art: Intersections and Interactions." Intellect Books (UK). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
↑ http://www.idsoftware.com/games/mobile/orcselves/.. (archived 🏛). Retrieved 21 September 2010.
↑ "GameGirlz.Com - Weekly Women Spotlight- Katherine Anna Kang." Gamegirlz.com (archived 🏛). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
↑ Leigh Alexander, John Carmack, and Katherine Anna Kang (23 November 2007). "Carmack, Kang Talk Id Mobile, Nintendo Love." GamaSutra (archived 🏛). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
↑ Michael McWhertor (18 August 2014). "John Carmack's 9-year-old son just released his first video game." Polygon. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
↑ Ajami, Amer (15 December 1999). "Carmack Gets Engaged." GameSpot (archived 🏛). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
↑ Kushner, David. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. Random House, 2003. p. 282.
↑ Carmack, John (16 August 2004). "Rebuilding, New team member." Armadillo Aerospace News Archive (archived 🏛). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
↑ Carmack, John (27 May 2022). https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1530022920130543630. Twitter. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

id Software v · t · e
Doom era (1993-2003)	Employees Michael Abrash • Adrian Carmack • John Carmack • Kevin Cloud • Tom Hall • Todd Hollenshead • Donna Jackson • American McGee • Sandy Petersen • John Romero • Shawn Green • Dave Taylor • Jay Wilbur • Tim Willits • Mike Wilson
Doom era (1993-2003)	Hired associates John Anderson • Gerald Brom • Dario Casali • Milo Casali • John Cash • John Coffey • Bernd Kreimeier • Randy Linden • Robert Prince • Don Ivan Punchatz • Gregor Punchatz • Paul Radek • Trent Reznor Nerve Software • Raven Software • Rogue Entertainment • TeamTNT • Williams Entertainment
Doom 3 era (2004-2008)	Employees Christian Antkow • Adrian Carmack • John Carmack • Kevin Cloud • Todd Hollenshead • Donna Jackson • Katherine Anna Kang • Fredrik Nilsson • Kenneth Scott • J.M.P van Waveren • Tim Willits
Doom 3 era (2004-2008)	Hired associates Matthew Costello • Trent Reznor • Chris Vrenna id Mobile • Nerve Software • Raven Software
ZeniMax era (2009+)	Employees Dakota Cann • Kevin Cloud • Mark Diaz • Donna Jackson • Hugo Martin • Jason Martin • Chad Mossholder • Jason O'Connell • Mike Rubits • Tiago Sousa • Marty Stratton • Emerson Tung • Tim Willits
ZeniMax era (2009+)	Related Mick Gordon • Andrew Hulshult • Bethesda Softworks • Nerve Software • Nightdive Studios • ZeniMax Media

[vgblogger.com-1] "Orcs & Elves DS Developer Diary #1." vgblogger.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[2] (12 August 2005). "Independent film makers see market in machinima." money.cnn.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[3] "Orcs & Elves." Gamefaqs.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[4] ttp://www.machinima.com/article/view&id=383.. (archived 🏛). Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[5] Andy Clarke and Grethe Mitchell (eds.) (15 March 2005). "Videogames and Art: Intersections and Interactions." Intellect Books (UK). Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[6] ttp://www.idsoftware.com/games/mobile/orcselves/.. (archived 🏛). Retrieved 21 September 2010.

[7] "GameGirlz.Com - Weekly Women Spotlight- Katherine Anna Kang." Gamegirlz.com (archived 🏛). Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[8] Leigh Alexander, John Carmack, and Katherine Anna Kang (23 November 2007). "Carmack, Kang Talk Id Mobile, Nintendo Love." GamaSutra (archived 🏛). Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[9] Michael McWhertor (18 August 2014). "John Carmack's 9-year-old son just released his first video game." Polygon. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[10] Ajami, Amer (15 December 1999). "Carmack Gets Engaged." GameSpot (archived 🏛). Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[11] Kushner, David. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. Random House, 2003. p. 282.

[12] Carmack, John (16 August 2004). "Rebuilding, New team member." Armadillo Aerospace News Archive (archived 🏛). Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[13] Carmack, John (27 May 2022). https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1530022920130543630. Twitter. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

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