Elmeri Raitanen

Elmeri Raitanen is a veteran Finnish visual artist and the Art Director at Remedy Entertainment, heavily celebrated for defining the striking, surreal aesthetics of the Control franchise.Raitanen has spent over 15 years with Remedy, playing a pivotal role in evolving the studio's technical visual effects and signature cinematic style.His professional highlights include:Art Director for Control Resonant (2026): Served as the art director for the highly anticipated action RPG sequel. Raitanen led the aesthetic shift as the setting expanded beyond the corporate walls of the Oldest House into a warped, reality-bending version of Manhattan, steering the visual narrative around the new protagonist, Dylan Faden.Remedy Entertainment Career (2009–Present): Originally joined the studio as a cinematic compositor for cutscenes on Alan Wake (2010). He transitioned to engineering, building the proprietary visual effects tools for Remedy's Northlight Engine, and served as Remedy’s very first dedicated VFX artist. He went on to handle visual effects for Quantum Break (2016) and stepped up as the Lead Visual Effects Artist for the award-winning Control (2019).Raitanen is well-known in the industry for utilizing a grounded "Hollywood realism" style rather than traditional high-sci-fi. In Control Resonant, he blended digital rendering with physical studio practical effects—shooting real water, sand, and lit 3D sculptures to overlay dynamic, kaleidoscopic visuals onto the game's menus and environments.Between 2005 and 2009, he worked on animation, compositing, and visual effects for multiple music videos by the popular Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall (who frequently collaborate with Remedy under the in-universe moniker Old Gods of Asgard). He also briefly worked as a digital compositor for Rovio Entertainment.