Heather Chandler

Developer BIO

Heather Maxwell Chandler is a multimedia producer with many years of experience in the entertainment software industry. Her company, Media Sunshine, Inc., provides consulting services for game developers and vendors.

Prior to the creation of MSI, she held various production roles at Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Activision, and New Line Cinema. She has worked on over thirty games, including Ghost Recon 2, Heavy Gear, Apocalypse, Vigilante 8, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Dark Reign, Shanghai: Second Dynasty, and Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter for the Xbox 360.

Heather is the author of The Game Localization Handbook, The Game Production Handbook, and three chapters in Secrets of the Game Business, Second Edition. In addition, she has lectured at at the Game Developers Conference, the Digital Game Expo, and North Carolina State University. Heather graduated with honors from Vanderbilt University and received an M.A from the USC School of Cinema-Television.

Also Known As

• Heather Maxwell
• Heather Maxwell Chandler
• Heather M. Chandler

Websites

• Media Sunshine -- Personal Homepage - Biography and Game Credits of Heather Chandler

Games Credited

Two Worlds (2007), TopWare Interactive
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (2004), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm (2004), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
The Sum of All Fears (2002), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
The Sum of All Fears (2002), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (2002), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2001), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Civilization: Call to Power (1999), Activision, Inc.
Fighter Squadron: The Screaming Demons over Europe (1999), Activision, Inc.
Heavy Gear II (1999), Activision, Inc.
Shanghai: Second Dynasty (1999), Activision Deutschland GmbH
A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 (1998), Activision, Inc.
Apocalypse (1998), Activision, Inc.
Asteroids (1998), Activision, Inc.
Battlezone (1998), Activision, Inc.
Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand (1998), Activision, Inc.
Interstate '76: Nitro Riders (1998), Activision, Inc.
Vigilante 8 (1998), Activision, Inc.
Dark Reign: The Future of War (1997), Activision, Inc.
Shanghai: Dynasty (1997), Activision, Inc.
Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder (1996), Activision, Inc.