Biography

Creative Producer/Director/Writer + Founder at iNK Stories--the New York City based award winning interactive storytelling studio Fast Company calls an "innovation agent". Known for ushering in a new wave of cinematic immersive experiences --iNK's ethos is centered on bringing entertaining and meaningful 'aha moments' to commercial audiences. iNK's recent original titles include the genre defining location based multi-sensory installation, Hero (Winner of Lumiere Award '19, Sundance '18, Winner of Tribeca Film Festival Storyscapes Award '18); Fire Escape, the neo-Hitchcock Interactive VR series made in partnership with Google (Telly Award, Tribeca '18, Winner of Infinity Film Festival, Winner of Nexon Award, NYFF, Indiecade Finalist, International Mobile Game Award Nominee, NYC Game Critics Finalist), Blindfold, Interactive VR, (Sheffield; FoST, Oslo Freedom Forum, Games For Change, CPJ, Human Rights Festival), 1979 Revolution, a cinematic video game, (Facebook Game of the Year, BAFTA Nomination, Sundance, Tribeca, UNESCO, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (DICE) Best Game/Best Director, International Mobile Game Awards, IndieCade Winner) as well as summer '19 releases of Augmented Reality Game Island Hopper (Verizon) and AR Audio Tour, NY STORIES (Bose Audio).

With a background as a visual anthropologist, Vassiliki's documentary work has been broadcast in more than 20 countries and on Netflix, ESPN, Sundance Channel, Discovery, TLC, MTV and more. A member of the Academy of Interactive Sciences, PGA WIN's Culture Shift contributor, Consultant and Fellow of Sundance Institute New Frontier Story Lab, recipient of support from the The Doris Duke Foundation, IFP, MADE IN NY Innovation Grant. Khonsari contributes to the landscape of technology, storytelling and social impact to reframe an equitable future--at labs, workshops and institutions such as the Sundance Institute, United Nations, Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, Northwestern in Qatar, SXSW, Games For Change, FoST, Phi Centre, Johns Hopkins ISET Summit, CPH, Oslo Freedom Forum, Produced By Conference, IDFA, Telly Awards, Juror for One World Media Festival and more.

Creative collaborations across platforms (VR/AR/MR, Games, Interactive) include Google, Capcom, Verizon, Microsoft, HTC Vive, HP, Bose, Verizon, Stanford University, Columbia, Eko, Intel and more. Developing a slate of diverse projects across platforms in various stages of development and production including Click Bait (live action Interactive Series), Good Luck Have Fun (TV Series) and unannounced Immersive Mixed Reality Installation and AA Independent Games.
- IMDb mini biography by: Vassiliki Khonsari