Jordan Mechner
Screenwriter, video game designer
Jordan Mechner was born on June 4, 1964 in New York City, into a family of European Jewish immigrants, and his father is psychologist Francis Mechner. He attended Yale University in the 1980s. He is best known for designing and programming the Apple II games Karateka and Prince of Persia in the 1980s, the latter of which grew into a multi-platform franchise. Both games were published by Broderbund. Prince of Persia was rebooted as a modern game in 2001 by Ubisoft with Mechner's involvement. In 2001, Mechner worked with Ubisoft to reboot Prince of
Persia. Developed at Ubisoft Montreal with Mechner as game designer, writer and
creative consultant, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was released in 2003.
It received 12 nominations and 8 awards at the Interactive Achievement Awards
(D.I.C.E.). Ubisoft has since published four more Prince of Persia sequels and
several spinoffs. Mechner became one of the few video game creators to adapt
his own creation as a feature film with Disney's Prince of Persia: The Sands of
Time, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell, and starring Jake
Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina. Disney released
Prince of Persia movie on May 28, 2010. Mechner wrote the first drafts of the
screenplay and is an executive producer of the film.
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