Leslie Benzies is a Scottish video game producer who works at Rockstar North

Rockstar North

Rockstar North is a British video game developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland, best known for creating the Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings franchises in its earlier guise as DMA....

. He is best known for his work on the Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto (series)

Grand Theft Auto is a multi-award-winning British video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Edinburgh based Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games...

series.

History

Benzies was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and grew up in Dufftown. His parents, who were property developers, took him to evening classes to learn about computers. At age eleven he began playing video games as a mental escape from his divorcing parents, and thirteen years later he decided to start a career in video game production. He spent two years modifying and improving an existing video game before sending it to David Jones, head of DMA Design at the time. After giving Benzies a trial job, he was employed full-time, his first project being the Nintendo 64 platformer Space Station Silicon Valley.

Producer

• Grand Theft Auto III
  Grand Theft Auto III
  Grand Theft Auto III is a 2001 open world action computer and video game developed by DMA Design in the United Kingdom, and published by Rockstar Games. It is the first 3D title in the Grand Theft Auto series. It was released in October 2001 for the PlayStation 2, May 2002 for Microsoft Windows,...
  
  (2001)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
  
  (2002)
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
  
  (2004)
• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
  Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
  Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is a 2005 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar North and Rockstar Leeds. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto series...
  
  (2005)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a 2006 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Rockstar North. It was published by Rockstar Games for the PlayStation Portable in late 2006 and later for the PlayStation 2 in March 2007. The game is the eighth...
  
  (2006)
• Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
  
  (2008)
• Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned (2009)
• Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
  Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
  Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony is the second of the two episodic expansion packs available to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto IV, which was developed by Rockstar North and first released for the Xbox 360 on 29 October 2009. It was then released for both...
  
  (2009)
• Red Dead Redemption (2010)