Balor Knight (photo from MobyGames).
Balor Knight is credited as the Lead Programmer in Re-Volt's development. He began programing on old school consoles such as the ZX Spectrum and the SAM Coupé. One of his first games was AstroBall.[1]
In the next generation console arena (PC, PS2 and XBOX), he worked on several racing games besides Re-Volt including the Italian Job and Crash 'n Burn. His latest creation was a quad racing simulator: Pure.
It was indicated he was working at Black Rock Studios (set in Brighton)[2] before Disney decided to close it. [3]