Jiannis Sotiropoulos

Jiannis Sotiropoulos is the managing director and technical supervisor of Honig Studios, a digital production studio merging content with technology for games, web, tv, film and experimental channels. After graduating from the film school of Potsdam Germany in 2008, he won an one year innovation grant from the German Ministry of Technology which established Honig Studios. He was the director of Honig Studios’ award-winning stealth game “El Hijo”, released early 2021 on PC, PS4, XBOX, Google Stadia and Nintendo Switch. Previously he worked as the producer & technical director of “Milli”, an award winning series (Red Dot Design Award, FWA, GIGA Maus Award) of interactive stories and games for children from 3-6 years old. In 2012 he co-developed the transmedia design of “The Spiral” a participative TV series and online social game broadcasted simultaneously in eight european countries. The project was nominated at the International Digital Emmy Awards for ‘Best TV fiction” and in the Prix Europa Awards for “Best online Project”. Parallel to that and among other projects, he has created interactive experiences, games and apps for the Red Cross, Universal Music, Sony, HABA, Schmidt Spiele and others.