Biography

Born April 21, 1971 as Randall Steward Pitchford II, he is an American game developer, writer, director, and producer, best known as the CEO of Gearbox Software. His father worked at the United States intelligence system and when Pitchford was five, he gave him his first computer. By 11 Pitchford was able to code and was writing his first games. He studied at the University of California in Los Angeles and worked as a professional magician to support himself. His first professional job in game development was in 3D Realms, working on Duke Nukem 3D (1996) and Shadow Warrior (1997). In 1997 he left 3D Realms for Rebel Boat Rocker, where he worked on a game that was supposed to be published by Electronic Arts. When the game was canceled by EA in 1999, Pitchford and some of his friends co-founded Gearbox Software. He's been the CEO of the company ever since, overseeing projects such as Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999) and Borderlands (2009) and its sequels. In 2013 he pledged US$25,000 to the crowdfunding campaign for the movie Director's Cut (2016), for which he received an executive producer credit. He's married to Kristy Junio, who also works at Gearbox. They have a son.
- IMDb mini biography by: Evil_Herbivore

Before becoming a full-time video game developer, Randy was a professional magician in Hollywood. He would occasionally perform at the famous Magic Castle between classes at UCLA.

Founded the Gearbox Software company in Plano, Texas on January 1999 alongside Brian Martel, Stephen Bahl, Landon Montgomery and Rob Heironimus, all of them who were Rebel Boat Rocker developers.

I'm so excited to dive into the world of 'Borderlands' and I could not be doing it with a better script, producing team, and studio. I have a long, successful history with Lionsgate - I feel like we have grown up together and that everything in my directing career has led to a project of this scale and ambition. I look forward to bringing my own energy, ideas, and vision to the wild, fun, and endlessly creative world of the game.