Kiki Wolfkill
Kiki Wolfkill is an executive producer and was formerly the studio head of Halo transmedia at 343 Industries. She has worked on numerous Halo related projects, including Halo 4,[1] Halo: Nightfall, Halo 5: Guardians, and the Halo Channel.[2]
BackgroundEdit
Born in Seattle, Washington and raised on a farm in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Wolfkill originally planned to pursue Chinese studies at Cornell University. However, she decided to attend a college in Seattle for several years before joining a non-competitive race car league. After an internship at Asymetrix, Kiki worked with Microsoft Encarta before eventually moving to the development of Microsoft computer games. Soon, Wolfkill became the director of art at Microsoft Game Studios.[3] Before working with 343 Industries, Wolfkill served as the head of the art department during the development of the first two games in the Project Gotham Racing series. Later, she contributed to some degree to the making of Halo Legends.[4]
When 343 Industries was formed by Microsoft to take control of the Halo series, Kiki Wolfkill was appointed a leading role with the future of Halo. Wolfkill has chosen to focus on the Halo universe itself, rather than the game. She contributed to the creation of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.[3] In 2012, she served as an executive producer on Halo 4. She was involved in the story and script writing, including the creation of the new Promethean enemy class.[5]
After Halo 4, Wolfkill took charge of expanding the Halo universe into digital and cross-media Halo entertainment.[6] She and her team helped develop projects and products to make the series appeal to a wider audience. Wolfkill helped manage and produce Halo: Nightfall, working on set with other directors of the series. Kiki was one of the major contributors and developers of the Halo Channel. One of her stated goals for the channel was to allow fans to better explore the Halo universe.[3] She and Frank O'Connor were both executive producers on Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series.
Kiki Wolfkill later served as an executive producer for the live-action Halo TV series with Paramount+, further expanding the franchise's reach to a global television audience. In early January of 2023, she transitioned from her role at 343 Industries to become the head of film and television at Xbox for Microsoft. In her new position, Wolfkill is responsible for expanding and managing Xbox intellectual properties across various entertainment mediums.