Screen Yorkshire Patron Patrick Stewart
Acting legend Patrick Stewart is Screen Yorkshire's Patron. Born in Huddersfield, he champions and supports our work.
'Here in Yorkshire we are already one of the leading regions for content production across TV, film, games and interactive media but we are hungry for more. I'm proud of the work Screen Yorkshire does in support of this aim and I'm proud to offer my continued support as their Patron,' says Patrick.
Take a look at Patrick's biography here or have a look at Patrick's oustanding career history on imdb.
Yorkshire Games Facts
Yorkshire and Humber is home to four of the World's Top 100 best
performing studios (Source: Develop 100, 2007)
• 35 Yorkshire and Humber companies are involved with the global games industry
• Nearly 10% of the UK's development workforce are employed in Yorkshire and Humber
• Yorkshire and Humber produces 3% of the UK's output in terms of games across multiple platforms
• Half of the region's universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate studies in video game development.
