Ragnar Tornquist

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(Correctly ' Ragnar Tørnquist ')

Norwegian writer/director of The Longest Journey and Dreamfall, Ragnar was born in 1970, and is reported to be married since the 14th of January 2005 to Heloise Marie from the Philippines.

Ragnar decided early on that he was going to make movies. After growing up in Ytre Enebakk, Norway, he started his studies at St. Clare's in Oxford, England aged seventeen, when his mother moved to Saudi Arabia for a year to live there with Ragnar's dad the last year of his workstay. This lasted from 1987 to 1989. Moving back to Oslo in 1989, he studied there for a year. Later Ragnar spent four years at New York University, studying film-making (1990-93).

The film-making got him interested in animation, which in turn got him interested in computer game production. After moving back to Norway in 1994, he got a job at Funcom. There he has worked on, among other games, The Longest Journey and Dreamfall.

Other games from Ragnar's hand include Casper, Dragonheart and Anarchy Online. He has also written the novel Prophet Without Honor, set in the Anarchy Online universe.

Ragnar's blog at http://ragnartornquist.com/ has a large following, and fans are kept up to date on his work and interests. This has been a source of Dreamfall news for many avid followers.