David De Gruttola (born June 9, 1969), known by his pseudonym David Cage, is a French video game designer, writer and musician. He is the founder of the game development studio Quantic Dream. Cage both wrote and directed the video games Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls for the PlayStation 3, and Detroit: Become Human for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows.
Born in Mulhouse, France, Cage is the head of the game developer studio Quantic Dream. Early on he developed a passion for music and wanted to make it his profession - he even worked as a freelance musician early in his career. David Cage grew up during the boom of the video games industry and witnessed the democratization of home consoles during his teenage years. As a professional musician, he created the company Totem Interactive in 1993, which worked in music and sound productions. He worked as a freelance musician on several television, film and video game projects, involved with original soundtrack work.