Jeff Lander

{{short description|American video game programmer}}

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• Darwin 3D (1996–present)
• Luxoflux (2002–2006)
• Electronic Arts (2006–2009)
• Big Red Button Entertainment (2009–present)

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Jeff Lander is an American video game programmer. He creates real-time 3D graphics at Darwin 3D, a game technology specialist company. He has written several articles on 3D graphics for Gamasutra{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/authors/32098/Jeff_Lander.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406224332/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/authors/32098/Jeff_Lander.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2012|title=Author Bio: Jeff Lander|work=Gamasutra|accessdate=17 March 2016}} and Game Developers Conference. In 2002, he received the IGDA Award for Community Contribution at the Game Developers Choice Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamechoiceawards.com/archive/contribution.html|title=Community Contribution Archive|publisher=Game Developers Choice Online Awards|accessdate=17 March 2016}}

Lander co-founded the Game Tech conference event with Chris Hecker, and, in 2004, co-designed it with Jonathan Blow.{{cite web|url=http://game-tech.com/|title=Game Tech Summit and Seminars|accessdate=17 March 2016}}{{Better source needed|date=March 2016}}

In 2009, Jeff Lander and Bob Rafei founded Big Red Button Entertainment, a video game development studio. Lander is the studio's technical director, and served in this role for their debut game, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.