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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