Andrew Glaister, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrew Glaister

Video game programmer

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1967

Place of Birth: Marlow, England, United Kingdom

Profession: engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Andrew Glaister (born 4 July 1967 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England) is a video game programmer. He initially started programming games on the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1981 and 1987, forming a company called Programmers Development Systems Ltd. Andrew then worked as a developer for Viacom New Media, Kinesoft Development and FASA Interactive in the United States.
When Microsoft Game Studios acquired FASA in 1999, Andrew continued to work for them as a Development Manager, in later years particularly for the Windows Graphics and Gaming team working on Direct X 10, display drivers and other features for Windows Vista.