Lorne Lanning is an American game designer, director, writer and voice actor.

[1] His creative vision in game design and property development at Oddworld Inhabitants has gained him worldwide recognition, including several documentaries and his character creations featured on the cover of Wired Magazine.

After McKenna joined Rhythm & Hues through Lanning, he later convinced her to co-found a video game development company with him.

While at Oddworld Inhabitants, Lanning designed, scripted and voice acted all four of the studio's games, which earned the company widespread success and acclaim.

[4] Following several disputes with game developers, including companies such as Electronic Arts,[5] Lanning and McKenna shuttered Oddworld Inhabitants' game development studio in 2005[6] and relocated to the San Francisco Bay area, with the goal of shaping Oddworld Inhabitants after a traditional Hollywood production company.