Biography

About Ioannis N. Skiotes aka "Yanni" of Yanni Enterprises, Inc.

Award-Winning Screenwriter with 64 scripts, 19 sales (4 for a renowned studio), and 1 option. Critiqued over 1000 scripts for Hollywood Script Analysis in LA, CA. Selected to the 1st Annual Sundance Independent Producer's Conference. 'When Legends Meet' secured three distribution deals featuring Latin Grammy Winning El Gran Combo and Secreto of 'Tumba La Casa' fame. 'Screenwriting Kept Simple' available on Amazon, used to teach the craft online and as Adjunct Instructor at Scottsdale Community College and Grand Canyon University. Advanced Graduate of Hollywood Script Writing Institute in LA, CA. Conducted film classes for City Of Phoenix Recreation Programs and AZ Screenwriters Association. Guest Speaker at Hamilton & Basha Libraries, PFP/IFP-Phx, Phoenix Writers Club, Great Talents, and Phoenix Comicon.

Noteworthy projects: 'Joliet', True Crime Based Limited Series on a Woman Reporter during the 40s & 50s who brought down The Outfit after they whacked her mentor is before Producers and Investors; 'Blue Rose', on sex trafficking, drawn interest from A-list stars management; 'If Loving You Is Wrong', using a remake on the mega-hit title song has captured the eye of industry pros while its stage version had a successful exhibition; 'American Cutie', a dramedy of a dysfunctional family for the 18-35 demo and called "a sexy, upbeat American Beauty"; 'The Last Sacrifice', first of an erotic/horror trilogy, sent as a spec script, garnered a Screenwriter position for Impulse & Indigo Productions where he penned four scripts; Write-For-Hire on the $4M 'Beneath The Stairs' "saved the project" according to the Producer; 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams', inspired by the famous Helnwein painting, won the 2012 Phoenix Comicon Best Fan Film Screenplay; one of three writers chosen for the Screenplay Adaptation of Jack Goddard's Best-Selling Novel, 'The Survivor', for a Disney-DreamWorks co-production.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ioannis N. Skiotes