Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner (born 1960s) is a recognized figure in the game industry as a visionary game designer. With the release of Prince of Persia in 1989, Mechner revolutionized the quality of computer animation used in computer and video games.
For the animations used in Prince of Persia, Mechner spent days studying videos of his brother running and jumping and meticulously replicated the actions in his game. No animation used in games up to that date had such realistic movements.
Mechner was born in New York City and graduated from Yale University in 1985. In 1993, Jordan formed Smoking Car Productions, an entertainment software development group based in San Francisco. Mechner now works for UbiSoft, the current owner of the Prince of Persia intellectual property. The latest installment of the Prince of Persia saga, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, was released in 2003.
In 1993, Mechner stepped briefly into the independent film industry. He wrote and directed the independant documentary Waiting for Dark about the Cuba nightlife.
Games
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003)
- Prince of Persia 3D (1999)
- The Last Express (1997)
- Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & The Flame (1993)
- D/Generation (1991)
- Prince of Persia (1989)
- Karateka (1986)