Vassiliki Khonsari

Creative Producer/Director/Writer and founder of NYC’s own iNK Stories, Vassiliki Khonsari is basically the definition of a storytelling powerhouse. Fast Company dubbed iNK an “innovation agent,” and honestly, they weren’t kidding. These folks are out here redefining how we experience stories—think wild, cinematic immersive stuff that actually sticks with you. Their credits? Pretty stacked. We’re talking “Hero”—that crazy sensory-packed installation that scooped up the Lumiere Award and wowed Sundance and Tribeca. Or “Fire Escape,” a VR series with major Hitchcock vibes, made with Google, that raked in awards at Tribeca, Infinity Film Fest, and a bunch more places you’ve definitely heard of. And they didn’t stop there. “Blindfold” tackled interactive VR at places like Sheffield and the Oslo Freedom Forum, mixing tech with real human rights issues. “1979 Revolution” is another biggie—a gripping, cinematic game that snagged a BAFTA nom, Facebook Game of the Year, and love from UNESCO and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. More recently, there’s “Island Hopper” for Verizon and “NY STORIES” for Bose, both pushing the limits of AR and audio storytelling. Vassiliki’s got serious chops as a visual anthropologist too—her docs have played in over 20 countries and landed on Netflix, ESPN, and MTV. She’s in the Academy of Interactive Sciences, a Sundance fellow, and a go-to speaker everywhere from Princeton to SXSW. Her collabs stretch from Google to Capcom to Microsoft, covering VR, games, and more. Right now, she’s cooking up everything from live-action interactive series to unannounced mixed reality projects. Basically, always hustling to make stories hit different.