Lauren Elliott
| Lauren Elliott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lauren Roosevelt Elliott 29 August 1946 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Creator of Carmen Sandiego |
Lauren Roosevelt Elliott (born August 29, 1946) is an American video game designer, internet entrepreneur, publisher and inventor. He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the edutainment video game industry.
Elliott’s greatest success to date came as the original co-designer for the Carmen Sandiego game series which remains the best-selling edutainment game in history.
Lauren Roosevelt Elliott was born on August 29, 1946, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the grandson of Hall Roosevelt, brother of Eleanor Roosevelt.
After graduating from the Millbrook School for Boys, Elliott attended Cornell University, transferring three years later to the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he received his degree in architecture. Becoming interested in environmental design, he then studied briefly at the University of Pennsylvania under Ian McHarg, followed by two years of graduate work in ecology at the University of California at Davis.
In 1983, Elliott walked into Broderbund Software in San Rafael, California, with a sketchpad full of game designs and was hired on the provision that he could convince a programmer to take on one of his designs. Over the next 13-year period he authored and worked on more than 23 titles. He now has over 30 million copies of his work in circulation and is winner of over 50 awards in originality and lifetime sales categories.
While at Broderbund, Elliott and Gene Portwood were Will Wright's project managers on his first video game, Raid on Bungeling Bay, in 1984.
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